An Dunan

I don't know if everyone has a special place or if it's just me. I guess a lot of people do though. Up until a couple of nights ago I had no idea what mine was called. I could tell you where it was and now I know it's called "An Dunan".
An Dunan is a rock outcropping near Ardfernal on the Isle of Jura - on my map I've marked it with a blue arrow.

 

We went to the Isle of Jura a few times when I was younger and stayed in Ardfernal.
The area just to the left of the red arrows is a hill covered in a wood which you have to cross to get to the other side.
This is a picture of the cottage we stayed in last time we were there. The picture was taken from part way up the hill on my way over.

Getting over the hill isn't easy going - this is Laura half way up just before she headed back to the cottage ;-)

 

 

 

This is the view from the top of the hill towards the Paps of Jura.

 

 

 

This is the view from the hill down towards An Dunan. The part of the map inbetween the two red arrows is a flat plain with a small beach at either end and the land to the right of the red arrows is another hill covered with trees. I remember when me and my brothers brought our friends to Jura and we played some kind of hide and seek in this big area which was pretty awesome.

This is the view from on top of An Dunan back towards the hill I'd just crossed. When I'm on top of An Dunan I feel like I'm stood somewhere that no one else has been for a very long time. My research revealed that An Dunan means "little fort" and in fact somewhere between 700BC and 500AD, this rock formation was used as a "fort". I haven't found out exactly what that means - whether it was just a good place for looking out to sea or if there was some kind of structure there (although I suspect the former of the two.)