Dunbeath
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Kenn and the Salmon, a statue in memory of Neil Gunn at Dunbeath harbour | |
Location within the Caithness area | |
OS grid reference | ND160298 |
Civil parish | |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DUNBEATH |
Postcode district | KW6 |
Dialling code | 01593 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Dunbeath (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bheithe)[1] is a village in south-east Caithness, Scotland on the A9 road.[2][3] It sits astride the Dunbeath Water just before it enters the sea at Dunbeath Bay.
Dunbeath has a very rich archaeological landscape, the site of numerous Iron Age brochs and an early medieval monastic site (see Alex Morrison's archaeological survey, "Dunbeath: A Cultural Landscape".)
There is a community museum/landscape interpretation centre at the old village school (http://www.dunbeath-heritage.org.uk).
Prince George, Duke of Kent, was killed when his Short Sunderland flying boat crashed on a Dunbeath hillside on 25 August 1942.[4]