Universalis

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Dornoch - 2

Dornoch is quite a quiet place - this photo was taken at 12 noon!



Dornoch has the thirteenth-century Dornoch Cathedral, the Old Town Jail, and the previous Bishop's Palace which is now the well-known hotel, Dornoch Castle and a notable golf course, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club, named the 5th best golf course outside the United States in 2005 by Golf Digest magazine. It is also notable as the last place a witch was burnt in Scotland. Her name was Janet Horne; 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.

Today is the fourteenth anniversary of my ordination.

2 comments:

John the organist said...

Have a lovely bookmark from Dornoch cathedral showing the musicians window - it is on the organ console.

Peter Simpson said...

The lovely stained glass in the Cathedral will be featuring on the blog shortly!