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Dun
- Gaelic and earlier celtic for fort. Usually applied to small, round late Iron-Age/Roman Period hill top fortifications.

Dun or Dum
An Iron Age fortified enclosure, built of dry-stone, often with galleried walls, dating from the 1st century AD
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Dun, Dún, Dúin, Dhúin: A fort dating from the late Iron Age, which are found in the west and the south-west of Scotland. It provided protection for a family or a small group.

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, ...

DrumCircular or polygonal stage supporting a dome or cupola. Also one of the stones forming the shaft of a column.Dry-stoneStone construction without mortar.Dun(Scots): Small stone-walled fort.Dutch gable ...

See also: Roman, Brick, Frame, Mortar, Shaft

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