Dornoch
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Dornoch Scottish Gaelic Dòrnach |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 53 ′ N , 4 ° 2 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 1208 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | DORNOCH | ||
| ZIP code section | IV25 | ||
| prefix | 01862 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| British Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | ||
Dornoch (Gaelic: Dòrnach ) is the capital of the traditional county of Sutherland with 1208 inhabitants. The village is located on the east coast of Scotland in the Scottish Highlands on the Dornoch Firth , the Dornoch Fjord .
The village has the status of a Royal Burgh . It is close to the A9 , which forms part of European route 15 .
Sights and history
The town's cathedral was built at the beginning of the 13th century under the reign of King Alexander II and Gilbert de Moravia (Bishop of Moray) and consecrated in 1239, but it burned down in a fire in 1570 and was partly renovated in the historicizing Victorian style in the 19th century Rebuilt century. Gilbert's tomb, which is said to have been canonized, was in the church and was removed along with the bones at the time of the Reformation (1545).
Opposite the cathedral is Dornoch Castle , the oldest building of which dates back to the 12th century and was originally the seat of the Bishops of Caithness . In 1570, like the cathedral, it was set on fire in a feud between the McKay and Murray clans. Today it serves as a well-known and popular hotel.
In Dornoch there is a well-known golf course, which is considered one of the oldest golf courses in the world and where the well-known golf course designer Donald Ross began his career as a greenkeeper .
The Achaidh Cairn is a megalithic complex of the Orkney-Cromarty-Type (OC), west of Dornoch.
Dornoch Cathedral, which is illuminated at night
Dornoch beach
Special events
Dornoch is known as the place where the last witch burning in Scotland took place: Janet Horne was sentenced to death in 1727. A memorial stone, the Witch's Stone , commemorates her death, but it mentions the year 1722.
On December 21, 2000, Rocco, the son of the pop star Madonna , was baptized in this cathedral . Madonna married Guy Ritchie the following day in nearby Skibo Castle . The British actress Talulah Riley married the South African-American entrepreneur Elon Musk on September 25, 2010 in the local cathedral .
economy
On January 13, 2005, Dornoch received Fairtrade Town status from the British Fair Trade Association.
