Dùn Meadhonach ( en, Middle Fort) is a

hillfort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

located on the Inner Hebridean island of

Colonsay Colonsay (; gd, Colbhasa; sco, Colonsay) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull. The ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeil, it is in the council area of Argy ...

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. The site is located at . The fort overlooks Port Mòr and the village of Lower Kilchattan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dun Meadhonach Archaeological sites in the Southern Inner Hebrides Hill forts in Scotland Colonsay Former populated places in Scotland