Dunnet

Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is within the Parish of Dunnet.

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Place details

Locality: Dunnet
Region: Alba / Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Dunnet
UK place.gaelic_name: Dùnaid
UK place.static_image_name: Mary Anne's Cottage Museum, West Dunnet, Caithness.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Mary Anne's Cottage Museum, a museum of crofting life, in West Dunnet
UK place.map_type: Caithness
UK place.os_grid_reference: ND221713
UK place.unitary_scotland: Highland
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland: Caithness
UK place.country: Scotland
UK place.post_town: THURSO
UK place.postcode_area: KW
UK place.postcode_district: KW14
UK place.dial_code: 01847
UK place.constituency_westminster: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

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Village
House of the Northern Gate
Church
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Archaeology
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Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is within the Parish of Dunnet.

==Village== The village centres on the A836–B855 road junction. The A836 leads towards John o' Groats in the east and toward Thurso and Tongue in the west. (At the junction however the road's alignment is much more north-south than east-west.) The B855 leads toward Brough and Dunnet Head point in the north.

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