Ireland and Scotland. It can include fortifications of all sizes and kinds: Donegal Doneraile Down Dún Laoghaire Dún an Ri (Kingscourt), County Cavan Dundalk...

other Equidae Dun (fortification), an ancient or medieval fort Dun or DUN may also refer to: Dun, Angus, a civil parish in Scotland Dun Bhruichlinn, an...

Dunree (Irish: An Dún Riabhach, meaning 'Grey Fort' or Dún Fhraoigh meaning "Fort of Heather") is a coastal defence fortification located on the west...

of fortifications from that time have been found on the coast, and some of the stone is kept in the Maritime Museum. The name is officially spelt Dún Laoghaire...

known as Caisteal Grugaig a few miles to the north. Dun Grugaig is a D-shaped fortification (dun) of a type commonly regarded as a prototype broch or...

Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba Albania (placename) Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy Dun (fortification) Etymology of Aberdeen Etymology of Edinburgh Etymology of Scotland...

Xiahou Dun (pronunciation) (died 13 June 220), courtesy name Yuanrang, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Cao Cao...

Dravidian architecture Drawing board Dropped ceiling Drum tower Dry stone Dun (fortification) Duomo Duplex (building) Dutch architecture in Semarang Dutch Baroque...

Dún Laoghaire Mallin railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Uí Mhealláin, Dún Laoghaire) is a station in Dún Laoghaire, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The...

constructed on Duns Law. The opposing armies did not engage but on 18 June, the Pacification of Berwick was signed. The remains of Leslie's fortifications are still...

also a latinization of the word "dun", separately evolved on the continent, but to the same meaning – a fortification or a hill – in several languages...

Dunamase or the Rock of Dunamase (Irish: Dún Másc "fort of Másc") is a rocky outcrop in County Laois, Ireland. Rising 46 metres (151 ft) above a plain...

assumed to be a jocular reference to the perceived similarity of the fortifications to the cylindrical and hexagonal boxes in which medical pills were once...

interesting fortifications, on Coll (along with Dùn an Achaidh, Dùn Anlaimh, and Dùn Morbhaidh). The site is located at grid reference NM18365942. Dùn Dubh translates...

1971. The name Dunninald is derived from the Gaelic expressions "Dun" (fortification, castle) and "Ard" (high, towering). Dunninald has given its name...

Dunkirk (UK: /dʌnˈkɜːrk/ dun-KURK, US: /ˈdʌnkɜːrk/ DUN-kurk, French: Dunkerque [dœ̃kɛʁk] ; West Flemish: Duunkerke; Dutch: Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is...

the four most interesting fortifications, on Coll (along with Dùn an Achaidh, Dùn Dubh, and Dùn Morbhaidh). The site of Dùn Anlaimh is located at grid...

Touen-houang): 燉煌 Dùn (tūn) huáng ‘noise of burning’ + ‘great blaze’ [per Mathews]. Lín Yǚtáng 1972: 墩(煌) Dūn(huáng) ‘small mound (+ shining)’ or 燉(煌) Dùn(huáng)...

one of the four most interesting fortifications on Coll (along with Dùn Anlaimh, Dùn Dubh, and Dùn Morbhaidh). Dun an Achaidh takes its name from the...

Dùn Chonnuill is a small island in the Garvellachs in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland. Dùn Chonnuill lies north east of Garbh Eileach, the largest island of...

it as one of the four most interesting fortifications on Coll (along with Dùn an Achaidh, Dùn Anlaimh, and Dùn Dubh). The site is located at grid reference...

Heritage Site (SHADED POLYGON) For the etymology of the "dun" element in the name, see dun (fortification). The element uxello- is cognate with Irish uasal ("noble")...

caistél at or within Dún Gaillimhe and those elsewhere in Connacht were sophisticated native innovations, massive stone fortifications, probably decked with...

region argue that the Dun was an island or promontory into historic times, and that receding sea levels left the fortification open to siege and seizure...

Dun-sur-Auron (French pronunciation: [dœ̃ syʁ oʁɔ̃], literally Dun on Auron) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France...

term Dún meaning "fort", can also be found as the name of various different townlands in Ireland. In Irish Dún Bleisce. Dún means fortification and the...

where a small cleft was used for an outer gateway. Dun Ardtreck is a D-shaped fortification (dun) of a type commonly regarded as a prototype broch or...

Verdun (/vɜːrˈdʌn/ vur-DUN, UK also /ˈvɛərdʌn/ VAIR-dun, US also /vɛərˈdʌn/ vair-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse)...

brunt th' folk lang sine" and he speculates that after the dun was abandoned as a fortification it was used for cremations and over the centuries this would...

certainly included the fortress of Din Eidyn (a Brittonic name meaning the dun or hillfort of Eidyn) in modern Edinburgh. Place-name evidence suggests Eidyn...