Dornoch - 11

Here we see some of the lovely stained glass in the Cathedral. These six windows depict scenes with Our Lord taken from the gospels.



From the outside, Dornoch Cathedral has a solid, bulky, almost squat feel to it, in no small measure due to its cruxiform shape and broad tower.

Inside, this shape lends an air of spaciousness and grandeur to what is not, in absolute terms, really a very large building. The overall feel is one of intimacy; of underlying character. And while you never notice, it only adds to this sense of character to know that none of the four arches at the central crossing are of quite the same height, and that the four main piers are not uniformly spaced.

What you will notice, wherever you look, are the magnificent stained-glass windows. There are twenty seven of them in all, and the overall effect is a magical one of ever changing light as the sun streams into the Cathedral from different directions as the day progresses.