Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dunnet

Dunnet, coast par. and vil. with inn, N. Caithness-shire, on Dunnet Bay, 9 miles SE. of Thurso -- par., 16,844 ac., pop. 1607; P.O.; sandstone, and sandstone-flag suitable for pavement, are extensively quarried.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish and village with inn"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dunnet ScoP       Caithness ScoCnty
Place: Dunnet

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