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DUNROBIN CASTLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 683 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CASTLE , a seat of the See also:duke of See also:Sutherland, picturesquely situated on the See also:north-eastern See also:shore of See also:Dornoch See also:Firth, See also:Sutherlandshire, See also:Scotland, about 2 M. N.E. of Golspie, with a private station on the Highland railway. The name is said to have originally meant the fort of Raffu, the " See also:law-See also:man," or See also:crown See also:agent for the See also:district in 1222, but it was renamed out of compliment to See also:Robert (or See also:Robin), 6th See also:earl of Sutherland, who died in 1389. The See also:ancient portion, dating from the end of the 13th See also:century, was a square structure with towers at the corners, but in 1856 there was added a wing, a See also:main north-eastern See also:tower, and front, with numerous See also:bartizan turrets, and See also:dormer windows in the roof. The stately entrance See also:porch recalls that of See also:Windsor Castle, and the interior is designed and decorated on a sumptuous See also:scale. In See also:April 1746 See also:George See also:Mackenzie, the 3rd earl of See also:Cromarty, thinking that See also:Prince See also:Charles See also:Edward had prevailed at See also:Culloden, seized the castle in his interests, but the Sutherlar l See also:militia surrounded the See also:building and captured the earl in an apartment which was afterwards called the Cromartie See also:room. The beautiful gardens contain a See also:wealth of trees, which grow with remarkable luxuriance for the See also:latitude of 58° N. The 3rd duke of Sutherland erected a museum in the grounds in which are many specimens of the antiquities of the See also:shire, such as querns, See also:stone tools and weapons, See also:silver brooches and the like, found in brochs and elsewhere. There is a graceful See also:waterfall in Dunrobin glen, through which flows Golspie See also:Burn, near the See also:left See also:bank of which are remains of Pictish towers. About 1 m. N.W. of Golspie rises See also:Ben Bhragie (1256 ft.), crowned by a See also:colossal statue of the 1st duke of Sutherland, by See also:Chantrey.

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