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Encyclopedia Britannica



DORNOCH

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 430 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DIO-DRO
DORNOCH , a royal' and police
burgh
  and county town of
Sutherlandshire
 ,
Scotland
 . Pop. (1901) 624. It lies on the north shore of Dornoch Firth, an arm of the North Sea, 74 M. S.S.E. of Mound station on the Highland railway by light railway. Its dry and bracing climate and fine golf course have brought it into
great
  repute as a health and holiday resort. Before the Reformation it was the see of the bishopric of Caithness and
Sutherland
 . The
cathedral
 , built by
Bishop
  Gilbert de Moravia (Moray) (d. 1245), the last Scot enrolled in the Calendar of Scottish saints, was damaged by fire in 1570, during the raid of the Master of Caithness and Mackay of Strathnaver, and afterwards neglected till 1837, when it was restored by the 2nd duke of
Sutherland
 , and has since been used as the parish church. Noticeable for its high roof, low tower and dwarf spire, the church consists of an aisleless
nave
 , chancel (adorned with Chantrey's statue of the 1st duke) and transepts. It is the burying-place of the Sutherland family and contains the remains of sixteen earls. Of the ancient castle, which was also the
bishop
 's palace, only the west tower exists, the rest of the structure having been destroyed in the out-rage of '570. The county buildings adjoin it. Dornoch became a royal
burgh
  in 1628, and, as one of the Wick burghs, returns a member to
parliament
 . It was the scene of the last execution for witchcraft in
Scotland
  (1722). At Embo, 2 M. N.N.E., a
modern palace.


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