DORNOCH, royal burgh and county town, Sutherlandshire, Scotland. Pop. (1931) 725. 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 L.M.S.R. by light railway. Its dry and bracing climate and fine golf courses have made it a health resort. Before the Reforma tion 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 a raid, and after wards neglected till 1837, when it was restored, and has since been used as the parish church. It is the burying-place of the Sutherland family and contains the remains of sixteen earls. The ancient castle was also the bishop's palace ; its west tower remains, the rest was destroyed in 157o. Dornoch became a royal burgh in 2628. It was the scene of the last execution for witchcraft in Scotland (I 722). At Embo, 2 m. N.N.E., a sculptured stone com memorates the battle with the Danes in the 13th century, in which Richard de Moravia was killed. He was buried in the cathedral, where his effigy was found in the chancel. Skibo castle, about 4 m. W. of Dornoch, once a residence of the bishops of Caithness, was acquired in 1898 by Andrew Carnegie.