Dunino Den — Attraction in Scotland

This place is a sacred site. Our Ancestors have left a very powerful spiritual charge that still impacts us many thousands of years later. I am reluctant to say too much. Just go and commune with the Ancestors. There is a stone in the churchyard which was once part of a large stone circle or henge. This would have had a processional path leading from a crescent in the nearby hills directly into the stones and then down into Dunino Den. The Stone is connected to the God Taranis who is a God of thunder. Tàirneanaich is Gàidhlig for thunder and tells us the name of the mighty God of thunder.

I entered this place and felt at peace. All at once my friend and I were suddenly in a small forest that leads straight down into a ceremonial place that is connected to Mother earth in a very umbilical way. This is where ancient King's would have been crowned by placing a foot into the living rock to be wedded to the landscape and to honour and keep our world safe was the King's duty and to do (The Great Work) of maintaining Natural Law and being courageous so that the God's can assist us in emulating the no harm principle and true objective morality.

I wasn't going...

I've given this pace 3* for the staff, and for the view.

It's a beautiful site, with lovely views.

On the downside - this is more a camping place. There were a huge number of families there with young children and the play area is actually in area with electric points where you would expect to see motorhomes and caravans. The unruly children ran riot while the parents sat drinking in the tents. We were in a motorhome but despite the sweltering heat couldn't open the windows due to screaming children. I got out at 1130pm to ask them to stop shining torches and screaming but a parent staggered over to collect some of the children and the others went back to their tents.

Then the younger started on the play park before 8am. So not a great experience, but the staff I spoke with have been warm and friendly and understanding when I explained my experience.

The facilities are limited and possibly more could be done to keep them clean, though I would possibly attribute that to the people that were onsite...

A kind of druid den in the middle of the forest. It is easy to reach it (2 minutes by foot after parking at the Dunino church). It was fun to explore the rocks and see the carvings. Some should be quite old, some are done by the visitors, unfortunately. Every small hole or crack or the bark of the wood contain a coin or a similar small gift left by the visitors. I really enjoyed the visit and I suggest to have a look. Please note that the "official" access is via a small stair carved between two enormous rocks, but if you follow the small cliff back toward the church, you can find an easier path in the trees that goes down...