📌 Dunbeath, Highland
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This broch amidst a grove of trees above the Dunbeath Water is one of the better examples in Caithness alongside Ousdale Broch. First excavated in 1866, this 2000 year-old defensive structure would once have stood to a height of several metres, with stairs within the middle of a double set of walls; one intra-mural cell can also still be accessed from the centre of the broch. A car park to the northwest provides the easiest access point (described below), but a better approach is the pleasant path along Dunbeath Strath from its namesake village.
🌍 Location
📌 Access from minor road, 0.5 mi north of Dunbeath
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: ND 155304
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.254531,-3.440931
🚌 Bus to Dunbeath (0.5 mi via riverside path – see walk page linked above)
🚗 Car park at 🧭 ND 153306 / 🛰️ 58.256084,-3.445003
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 From the car park it’s a 5-min walk (each way) to the broch (⬤ Easy). Follow the path across fields, signposted from the opposite side of the road to the car park.
