Mary Ann's Cottage

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Mary Ann's Cottage Mary Ann's Cottage presents a history of one family's life on a croft from the 1850s until 1990. Tou

Mary Ann's Cottage was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
on 9th August 1993. For more information about Mary-Ann's Cottage, please see
http://www.caithness.org/community/museums/maryanncottage/
Located in Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland
For Google Maps location, click on the link below, or copy and paste into your browser:
http://goo.gl/maps/4UfZR

09/10/2026

And just like that, that's us closed for the season! Where did the time go? We're all packed up, everything tidied away. Hope everyone who came to see us enjoyed their visit. A big thank you to our volunteers who turned out week on week to tell the story of Mary Ann. We couldn't do it without you. Do get in touch if you think you might like a afternoon volunteering.

29/09/2026

We recently learnt the sad news that Maureen Clarkson had passed away at the age of 91 years.

Maureen was one of the 'founder' members of the Caithness Heritage Trust and will be remembered for all the hard work she did for the Trust and for Mary Ann's Cottage for the 30+ years she was involved.

Maureen's funeral will be held at Ormlie Lodge on Friday 2nd October at 1.00pm and then on to Corsback Cemetery.

27/09/2026

How did this happen already...we're almost at the end of the season, and it's just flown in. We've only got Tuesday and Wednesday left, with the 30th being our last open day. So if you haven't managed to pay us a visit yet, we'd be delighted to see you.

We saw some lovely locals over Doors Open Day weekend. Weather wasn't very nice, but we were there. I spoke to two or three on the Sunday who I thought might have been interested in some volunteering. If you were one of them, please get in touch with us on here, we'd love to hear from you.

And we're doing it all again tomorrow...Sunday 12 till 4. See you again
19/09/2026

And we're doing it all again tomorrow...Sunday 12 till 4. See you again

Remember we are open Saturday and Sunday for Doors Open Day weekend. Drop by and see us.
18/09/2026

Remember we are open Saturday and Sunday for Doors Open Day weekend. Drop by and see us.

Look forward to seeing you!
08/09/2026

Look forward to seeing you!

It's almost time again for Doors Open Day. We haven't opened for a few years for this.This year, Mary Ann's Cottage will...
02/09/2026

It's almost time again for Doors Open Day. We haven't opened for a few years for this.

This year, Mary Ann's Cottage will be opening from 12 noon till 4.00pm on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September. These openings are FREE....yes FREE, you don't pay anything to pay us a visit! Our volunteers would love to see you. Have a look at the Doors Open Day website below and see where else you could go to make a day of it!

https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/highland-caithness-sutherland/mary-anns-cottage

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A great visit on Wednesday afternoon from the ladies of Mid Clyth SWI. We had a lovely afternoon with them, and great to...
11/06/2026

A great visit on Wednesday afternoon from the ladies of Mid Clyth SWI. We had a lovely afternoon with them, and great to hear them reminisce about how a lot of what they saw reminded some of them of times gone by. Here is a picture of them outside the cottage, with Bob and Irene, 2 of our volunteers on the right of the picture.

You too could have a visit to the cottage. Are there any clubs or organisations out there who would like a visit? If so, please get in touch with us on here. And it doesn't have to be at our normal opening times, which are Tuesday to Friday, 2.00 to 4.30 pm.

A lovely walk down memory lane in auntie Mary Ann's house was what Della Calder said when she was in Scotland on holiday...
28/05/2026

A lovely walk down memory lane in auntie Mary Ann's house was what Della Calder said when she was in Scotland on holiday from Houston, Texas. She recalls sitting on the box bed as a child when she paid the cottage a visit, just like in the photo. It was lovely having you Della.

29/04/2026

That's all the cleaning done and we're ready to open this Friday, 1st May. We'll be open Tuesday to Friday till the end of September, 2.00 to 4.30.

Looking forward to lots of visitors over the season. A big thank you to all our volunteers who have once again joined us for another season. However we are still looking for more volunteers to enable us to open more days. Private message on here to find out more, if you think you have a couple of hours during the week to spare. Please share.

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Mary Ann's Cottage
Dunnet
KW148YD

Opening Hours

Tuesday 2pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 2pm - 4:30pm
Thursday 2pm - 4:30pm
Friday 2pm - 4:30pm

Telephone

+447771756434

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