Dunadd

Hillfort in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; ancient capital of the Dalriadic kingdom and former seat of the kings of Dál Riata
Place contour_fort Q233579
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Dunadd

Summary

Dunadd is a contour fort[1]. Dunadd ranks in the top 5% of contour_fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dunadd is located in Argyll and Bute[3].
  • Dunadd is located in Glassary[4].
  • Dunadd is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Dunadd's instance of is recorded as contour fort[6].
  • Dunadd's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Dunadd's Commons category is recorded as Dunadd[8].
  • Dunadd's OS grid reference is recorded as NR83659356[9].
  • Dunadd's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.0857322756, 'lon': -5.47892312327}[10].
  • Dunadd's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[11].
  • Dunadd's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Alan Lane[12].
  • Dunadd's associated electoral district is recorded as Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber[13].
  • Dunadd's historic county is recorded as Argyll[14].

Body

Geography

Dunadd is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Argyll and Bute[3], a council area[15], in United Kingdom[16], founded in 1996[17] and Glassary[4], a civil parish[18], in United Kingdom[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include contour fort[6] and archaeological site[7]. Dunadd's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[11].

Why It Matters

Dunadd ranks in the top 5% of contour_fort entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (447 views/month).[2] Dunadd has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9h ago · Matt898 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Wikidata description Hillfort in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; ancient capital of the Dalriadi
    Country United Kingdom
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Argyll and Bute, Glassary
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q744099]]"
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