Dunbeath

Dunbeath
Scottish Gaelic: *Dùn Bheithe*
Dunbeath Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bheithe;
	Kenn and the Salmon, a statue in memory of Neil Gunn at Dunbeath harbour
	Dunbeath Location within the Caithness area
OS grid reference	ND160298
Civil parish	Latheron;
Council area	Highland;
Lieutenancy area	Caithness;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNBEATH
Postcode district	KW6
Dialling code	01593
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross;
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross;

Dunbeath (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bheithe) is a village in south-east Caithness, Scotland on the A9 road. 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.

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