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Dunnet is a pair of cairns located on the western side of the Dunnet-Castleton Road in Caithness, northern Scotland. Both structures date to the Iron Age and represent funerary or ceremonial monuments typical of that period in the Scottish Highlands. The cairns form part of the archaeological landscape of the Dunnet peninsula, an area rich in prehistoric and early historic remains. These monuments are recorded in the Historic Environment Record under the designation HES INSPIRE SM448.
Dunnet,two cairns on W side of Dunnet-Castleton Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM448. View the official record →
Dunnet is a pair of cairns located on the western side of the Dunnet-Castleton Road in Caithness, northern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM448.
Dunnet,two cairns on W side of Dunnet-Castleton Road dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a two cairns on w side of dunnet-castleton road. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Dunnet,two cairns on W side of Dunnet-Castleton Road is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM448.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring Hillock, cairn 280m S of Breezy Brae (3.9 km), Trothanmas Hillock,cairn,Netherside,Castletown (3.9 km), Olrig House,broch 300m E of (4.2 km).
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