1 100 1 https://www.cupidoeu.org/omeka/files/original/492/804/804-thumbnail.jpg 741c5da51ca4e3ea2411d208c711ca4f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Site: Dun An Sticir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 766 Tour Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Dun an Sticir is an example of how in mediaeval times the original Iron Age 'brochs', hollow walled windowless fortifications often built on islands and reached by a tricky causeway, were later adapted for more domestic purposes. The building of brochs for defensive purposes seems to date from 500 BC. Over the previous thousand years cooler climactic changes had encouraged layers of peat to gradually move downhill, overgrazing had taken its toll, and land for cultivation had become scarcer, forcing people to migrate to the lower ground. Duns comprised a single outer rounded wall, forming a tall tower often rising to 40 feet, mirrored internally by a second curving wall enclosing an inner chamber. This was a relatively straightforward fortification to build in order to protect your land. Erskine Beveridge also found evidence at Dun an Sticir of a gallery six feet above ground level. Remains of two huts where livestock could have been protected could also be seen. The rectangular stone structure built within the walls using the stone available, with its door and window, dates from the mediaeval period. A second island, Eilean na Mi-Chomhairle (the Island of Bad Council), is linked to Dun an Sticir (the Dun of the Skulker) by a causeway. Both Gaelic names suggest a darker and less peaceful era. Title A name given to the resource Dun An Sticir Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived highlandsandislands,tours Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 530 Type The nature or genre of the resource Tour Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,57.67115,-7.222015; License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Creative Commons Attribution License Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://openvirtualworlds.viewin360.co/share/collection/7FhMn?logo=-1&info=0&fs=1&vr=1&sd=1&thumbs=1 Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Dun An Sticir