Dunrobin Castle

Golspie

 


Dunrobin Castle is the most northerly of Scotland's great houses and is certainly one of the most majestic. It is the largest house in the Northern Highlands with 189 rooms, and is one of Britain's oldest continuously inhabited houses, dating in part from the early 1300s.

The history of the castle is quite fascinating and has seen the architectural influences of Sir Charles Barry and latterly Sir Robert Lorimer. The castle has been used as a naval hospital during the First World War and from 1965 to 1972 as a boys' school.

Dunrobin Castle is 50 miles north of Inverness on the A9, 1/2 mile north of Golspie. There is parking for 300 cars and 10 coaches.