Monument record MHG39550 - Head Dyke, An Dun

Minor deserted settlement comprising three buildings (one incorporated in the nearby broch outworks), a corn-drying kiln and field walls within an extensive area of former cultivation, now degraded pasture.
Visited by OS 9 November 1982.

A township comprising five unroofed buildings, two of which are long buildings, two enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii). Four unroofed buildings, one enclosure and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 November 1995.