Dunbeath
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 Kenn and the Salmon, a statue in memory of Neil Gunn at Dunbeath harbour | |
  Dunbeath Location within the Caithness area | |
| OS grid reference | ND160298 |
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| 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]
- ^ Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland Archived 2011-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Scottish National Heritage.
- ^ "Dunbeath". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "Scothighlands - Drive from Inverness to John O'Groats". www.scothighlands.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ^ "Oban Royal Air Force Station, Scotland - the Flying Boat Squadrons". www.rafoban.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 June 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2022.