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Dun an Sticir
57.6815° N, -7.2078° E
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Dun an Sticir (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn an Sticir [ˈt̪un əɲ ˈʃtʲiçkʲɪɾʲ]) is an Iron Age broch situated approximately 9.5 kilometers north of Lochmaddy in a loch on North Uist in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. A building was erected on the site in the late medieval period.
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Broch construction
c. 100 BC–100 AD
Factor active on North Uist
1580s
Murder plot discovered
1586
Recorded habitation by Hugh MacDonald
1602
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