An Dun
Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name An Dun
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8103
Site Number ND12SW 42
NGR ND 102 249
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12SW 42 102 249.
Minor deserted settlement comprising three buildings (one incorporated in the nearby broch outworks), a corn-drying kiln and field walls within an extensive area of former cultivation, now degraded pasture.
Visited by OS 9 November 1982.
A township comprising five unroofed buildings, two of which are long buildings, two enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii). Four unroofed buildings, one enclosure and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 November 1995.
