| The seat of the Duke of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle is just one mile from the village of Golspie and makes for an excellent day out. |
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This 189 room house is in fact the largest house in the Northern Highlands of Scotland. A castle was first located on the site in 1401; it was in 1845 that the 2nd Duke of Sutherland ordered for the castle to be remodelled as at present. In 1915 the castle was actually used as a naval hospital, however fire damaged much of the inside of the castle, and Sir Robert Lorimer, a Scottish architect, renovated the house after the First World War. The Castle has been open to the public since 1973. |
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The gardens of Dunrobin Castle are likewise attractive, and falconry shows are often put on for visitors. A museum shows off numerous ethnographic, archaeological and animal exhibits; and there is an exhibition for the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, who were so famously part of the Battle of Balaclava. Dunrobin Castle has its own railway station. |
