⚓ Scottish AnchoragesCharles Warlow

Rubha an Dùnain

57.1595, -6.30951 Locate on map
The entrance to the 'Viking Harbour'
The entrance to the 'Viking Harbour'

Now here is an interesting if rather bleak spot (at least on a sunless day). It is a long walk from any road so coming from the sea you will likely find yourself completely alone. Reputedly the Vikings widened the small burn flowing down from Loch na h-Airde to the anchorage so they could repair and park their boats in the small loch for the winter. Clearly somebody must have widened that burn, it is obvious to see although some of the walls have collapsed. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) lists the site as a '"a medieval harbour complex, with docks, boat noosts, canal, quays and associated loch shore and bed in which boat fragments are likely to survive."

Anchored off
Anchored off
Above the 'Viking Harbour'
Above the 'Viking Harbour'