I guess the artificial surface does protrude slightly above the level of the hilltop but it doesn’t look unnatural. No matter how often I visit Dunadd or Kilmartin glen, it has the same effect; sensing the history of people all down the ages coming there for amazing occasions. It is a pity about covering over the original stone. He was forced to surrender Dál Riata's Irish lands before he eventually suffered his final defeat at the hands of Owen of Dumbarton at the Battle of Strathcarron in 642 AD. British Archaeology says that “one radiocarbon date suggests use of the summit as late as the 11th/13th century”, and the site was still important enough to warrant the reading of royal proclamations here in 1506.After that, you can drive a bit further north and explore all the other archaeological wonders of Kilmartin Glen!More information about visiting can be found on I am very grateful to Dr David Dorren for sending me this wonderful photo from 1962, which was taken when he visited Dunadd with the Dunoon Scouts. A successful warlord, he extended the power of the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata from Orkney to the Isle of Man. I'm also Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Yes, that’s true – it lies beneath the replica, still in situ. Size isn't everything with hills, despite it's diminutive size Dunadd is arguably the most important hill in Scotland. Fantastic. Why not use this fact file to encourage your children to research the fascinating Dunadd Hill Fort? To me, the footprint looked small enough to be a child’s, although records say that it’s approximately a size seven. The first mention of the Scone stone is in 2 14th century Scots Chronicles,and the first english source to mention dates from the mid sixteenth century. Easier to make out and gives you more of a mental picture of what your looking at when trying to identify the real thing. There is,according to Dr Katherine Forsyth of Glasgow University a Clear personal name in the ogam at Dunadd,so it seems to be following the regular pattern. It’s a period of history which is all the more fascinating because the facts are so sketchy.Yes, very true, Alen – the mystery really has an allure about it! Learning about the Iron Age in Scotland? It’s a compromise, and I can understand the reasons behind it – it’s better than it being removed and placed behind glass somewhere. (I’m reciting from a poor memory, so you’ll have to check that for yourself.) No, I must have missed the replica boar carving – I could see it on the information board by the stone itself, and that helped to a certain extent, but I could only make out the legs! They called themselves 'Goidi l', modernised today as Gaels, and later called Scotland 'Alba'.For centuries historians have debated the Gaels' origin. The work has been done exceptionally well, and after all the original footprint is still there, in its original spot. It’s such a pleasure to share these places. There are no musical ogams that I have encountered in my 28 years of study of them…sorry to kick that novel idea. Great article and another place to add to the ever growing ‘must-visit’ list!That’s very kind of you, Justbod! Amazingly, this case was first installed in 1928. It certainly takes a leap of imagination to see Dunadd as it was, surrounded by water, and bristling with defensive walls. In the distance, the woods and salt marshes stretch away towards the Firth of Lorn.The footprint stone, looking in roughly the same directionThe fortifications at Dunadd were wrapped around the summit of the hill in successive layers so that visitors must have had the impression of progressing through three or four distinct tiers before they gained the king’s presence. I am interested too in the origins of the Stone of Destiny. Have to get back there again one day. I first read about Dunadd many years ago in a book by (I think) Geoffrey Ashe called The Quest for Arthur’s Britain. I am glad to know that Pictish ogham is gradually being deciphered.A splendid collection of photos, Jo. On a flat slab of rock just below the summit a footprint is carved in shallow relief. In the Early Medieval period, which began in the fifth century CE, much of southern Britain (comprising much of the area that later became the nation-state of England), adopted a variant of Germanic culture from continental Europe, likely due to migration from that region. Thank you for your comment!Another great article Jo! “Dunadd has produced the largest, most diverse range of imported pottery of any site in the Celtic West.” Historic Scotland. Lia Fail also never meant “Stone of Destiny”. This may seem very fanciful to most, but the interesting thing is, according to the Human Genome Project, there exists a gene marker (named Dalcassian Type III) which exists only in human beings from the Dalcassian regions of Ireland (Tipperary and Limerick, mainly) and Northern Africa. Precious metals were worked here – … In regards to the preservation of the foot print, I was always a little confused as to what exactly had been put over the top of the original rock. The rocky outcrop of Dunadd, Argyll, was far more than a defensive fortress however.
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