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Dunnet Parish Church is a
Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland (CoS; ; ) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland. It is one of the country's largest, having 245,000 members in 2024 and 259,200 members in 2023. While mem ...
church in Dunnet, Caithness, northern Scotland. References to St Mary's Parish Church are known from as far back as the 13th century, and there are pre-16th century gravestones in the churchyard. It has pre-reformation origins, and the cartographer
Timothy Pont Reverend Timothy Pont () was a Scottish minister, cartographer and topographer. He was the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland. Pont's maps are among the earliest surviving to show a European country in minute detail, from an actual surve ...
was a notable minister there in 1610.St Mary's Church; Dunnet Church
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Churches in Highland (council area) Category A listed buildings in Highland (council area) Listed churches in Scotland Buildings and structures in Caithness 13th century in Scotland Church of Scotland churches in Scotland {{Scotland-CoS-church-stub