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Dornoch

Dornoch (Gaelic: Dòrnach, ) is a town and seaside resort

Seaside resort

A seaside resort is a resort located on the coast. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort....
, and former Royal burgh

Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs....
in the Highlands of Scotland, on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth

Dornoch Firth

The Dornoch Firth is a firth on the east coast of Highland , in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north....
, close to where it opens into the Moray Firth

Moray Firth

The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland....
to the east. The town is within the Highland

Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
local government council area, and within the former county

Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
of Sutherland

Sutherland

Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....
.

The town is near the A9 road, to which it is linked by the A949

A949 road

The A949 Great Britain road numbering scheme is in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland. It has staggered Road junctions with the A9 road ....
and the B9168.

Dornoch boasts the thirteenth-century Dornoch Cathedral

Dornoch Cathedral

Dornoch Cathedral is a parish church in the Church of Scotland, serving the small Sutherland town of Dornoch, in the Scottish Highlands. It was built in the 13th century, in the reign of King Alexander II of Scotland and the episcopate of Gilbert de Moravia as the cathedral church of the diocese of Caithness ....
, the Old Town Jail, and the previous Bishop's Palace which is now the well-known hotel, Dornoch Castle

Dornoch Castle

Dornoch Castle is situated opposite Dornoch Cathedral in the village of Dornoch, in Sutherland, Scotland, a little over 40 miles north of Inverness....
and a notable golf course

Golf course

A golf course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, Golf course#Fairway and rough, rough and other hazards, and a green with a pin and cup, all designed for the game of golf....
, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club, named the 5th best golf course outside the United States in 2005 by Golf Digest

Golf Digest

Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Cond? Nast Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf....
magazine.

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Dornoch (Gaelic: Dòrnach, ) is a town and seaside resort

Seaside resort

A seaside resort is a resort located on the coast. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort....
, and former Royal burgh

Royal burgh

Dornoch Firth

Moray Firth

Highland (council area)

Counties of Scotland

Sutherland

A949 road

Dornoch Cathedral

Dornoch Castle

Dornoch Castle is situated opposite Dornoch Cathedral in the village of Dornoch, in Sutherland, Scotland, a little over 40 miles north of Inverness....
and a notable golf course

Golf course

Golf Digest

Janet Horne

Janet Horne, , was a Scottish alleged witch, the last person to be executed for sorcery in Great Britain.Janet Horne and her daughter were arrested in Dornoch in Scotland and imprisoned on the accusations of her neighbours....
; she was tried and condemned to death in 1727. There is a stone, the Witch's Stone, commemorating her death, inscribed with the year 1722. Legendary golf course designer Donald Ross began his career as a greenkeeper on the Royal Dornoch links

Links (golf)

A links golf course, sometimes referred to as a seaside links, is the oldest style of golf course, and was first developed in Scotland. The word comes from the Scots language and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes, and sometimes to open parkland....
.

Dornoch used to be connected to the main railway network at The Mound via a light railway

Dornoch Light Railway

Dornoch Light Railway is an historic railway in Scotland that ran from The Mound on the Sutherland Railway to the county town of Sutherland, Dornoch....
. The railway was opened on 2 June 1902. Stations on the line were Dornoch

Dornoch railway station

Dornoch railway station formerly served the town of Dornoch in Sutherland, Scotland. The station was opened in 1902 and closed in 1960. The station was situated near Dornoch Cathedral....
, Embo, Skelbo, Cambusavie Halt and The Mound Junction. The stations were closed on 13 June 1960.

On 21 December 2000, the pop star

Pop Star

"Pop Star" is a 2005 single from Japanese singer Ken Hirai. The single went on to top the 2005 Oricon Charts and is known for its remarkable music video, featuring Ken in seven different personas, including a raccoon and his own manager....
Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
had her son Rocco christened in Dornoch Cathedral

Dornoch Cathedral

Guy Ritchie

Guy Stuart Ritchie is an England screenwriter and filmmaker....
in nearby Skibo Castle

Skibo Castle

Skibo Castle is located to the west of Dornoch in Sutherland, Highland , Scotland, UK overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Although the castle dates back to the 12th century, the present structure is largely of the 19th century, and early 20th century, when it was the home of industrialist Andrew Carnegie....
.

On 13 January 2005, Dornoch was granted Fairtrade Town

Fairtrade Town

Fairtrade Town is a marketing tool in which this status is awarded by a recognized Fairtrade certification body describing an area which is committed to the promotion of Fairtrade certification goods....
status.

Governance

Dornoch was a parliamentary burgh, combined with Dingwall

Dingwall

Dingwall is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland of Scotland. It has a population of 5,026. It formerly functioned as an east-coast harbor, but now lies inland....
, Kirkwall

Kirkwall

Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046....
, Tain and Wick in the Northern Burghs constituency

Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
of the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
of the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
from 1801 to 1918. Cromarty

Cromarty

The Royal Burgh of Cromarty is a burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland , Scotland....
was added to the list in 1832.

The constituency was a district of burghs known also as Tain Burghs

Tain Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Tain Burghs, was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832, sometimes known as Northern Burghs....
until 1832, and then as Wick Burghs

Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918....
. It was represented by one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
. In 1918 the constituency was abolished and the Dornoch component was merged into the then new county constituency of Caithness and Sutherland

Caithness and Sutherland (UK Parliament constituency)

Caithness and Sutherland was a county constituency of the United Kingdom House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997....
.