At Oualata the buildings are essentially dry-stone constructions covered with layers of mud plaster which serve no structural function.
A round tower-like structure, open in the middle, the double wall of dry-stone masonry being linked to form internal galleries at varying levels. Found in north and west Scotland, probably dating from the 1st century AD.
Bronze Age ...
Broch(Scots): Circular tower-like structure, open in the middle, the double wall of dry-stone masonry linked by slabs forming internal galleries at varying levels; found in west and north Scotland and mostly dating from between 100 B.C. and A.
Examples of this can be seen today in the form of rectangular dry-stone corbelled structures such as at Dingle and Illauntannig, Ireland. Christianity and the Irish influence came to England through missionaries.
Dubbing - ceremony in which a monarch or high ranking lord gives another person the title of knight; usually involving tapping each shoulder with a sword .
Dun or Dum - an Iron Age fortified enclosure, built of dry-stone, ...
 See also: Tower, Architecture, Spire, Frame, Masonry
  
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