Dùn Cholla is a hill fort located on the

Inner Hebridean The Inner Hebrides (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan a-staigh'', "the inner isles") is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, whic ...

island of Colonsay, Scotland. The site is located at . According to tradition it was a fort of

Colla Uais The Three Collas (Modern Irish: Trí Cholla) were, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the fourth-century sons of Eochaid Doimlén, son of Cairbre Lifechair. Their names were: Cairell Colla Uais; Muiredach Colla Fo Chrí ( ...

after being exiled from Ireland in 310.

St. Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

established his first church in Scotland in the shadow of Dùn Cholla.

Citations

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dun Cholla Archaeological sites in the Southern Inner Hebrides Hill forts in Scotland Colonsay Former populated places in Scotland Scheduled monuments in Scotland