Golspie

Latitude: 57° 58'N
Longitude: 03° 56'W
Country: Scotland

Ownership: Highland Council
Type: Municipal
Usage: Leisure, Fishing
Contact name: Harbour Master (post being advertised November 2011 - see www.theukjobsite.co.uk/job/harbour-master-golspie-sutherland/4ebb7e1f43d932df46001015/)
Telephone no: 01571 844806 / 07768 030305

About Golspie

Golspie offers a little harbour, with a pier extending out into the Dornoch Firth between the beaches. A few fishing boats are moored in the harbour, which dries at low water.

A mile or so beyond Golspie stands Dunrobin Castle, the most northerly of Scotland's great houses and seat of the powerful Sutherland family.

Overlooking the town of Golspie is a statue of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, a much-hated figure in these parts as he cleared the land of people to make way for sheep during the Highland Clearances of the early 19th century.

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