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West Dunnet

Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name West Dunnet

Classification Building (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 118840

Site Number ND27SW 53

NGR ND 2124 7209

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Dunnet
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND27SW 53 2124 7209

A long-house, 22m NW-SE by 6m by 4m high, with internal divisions. An enclosure, one side of which is 108m long, is attached.

R J Mercer 1981.

The building and part of the enclosure are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, (Caithness, 1872), sheet 6 as roofed with a second small roofed building immediately to the S, and on the latest edition of the OS1:10000 map (1976). Information from RCAHMS (DE), June 1997.

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