Sutherland - Definition and Overview

This article is about the Scottish county of Sutherland. See also Sutherland, New South Wales for the Sydney suburb or Sutherland Shire for the Sydney local government area. Sutherland was also a town in Saskatchewan, Canada that was annexed by Saskatoon in 1956.

Sutherland (also Sutherlandshire) is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, bordering on Caithness to the north and both Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south. Although it is on the northern coast of Great Britain, the name Sutherland comes from the Vikings' view of it as the "Sudrland", or Southland.

From 1975 Sutherland was a local government district in the Highland Region of Scotland; in 1996 administrative functions were taken over by the Highland unitary council (see: Subdivisions of Scotland). The area is today used as a registration county and a Lieutenancy Area.

The county is still very sparsely populated. Its only burgh is the county town, Dornoch. Other settlements include Lairg, Brora, Durness, Tongue, Golspie, Helmsdale, Lochinver and Kinlochbervie.

External links

• Dunrobin Castle (http://www.castles.org/Chatelaine/DUNROBIN.HTM)

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