DORNOCH, a parliamentary borough of Scotland, and capital of the county of Sutherland, is situated on the N.E. of the Firth of the same name, 14 miles N. of Cromarty. It unites with Dingwall, &c., in sending a member to parliament. Pop. (1851) 599. Dornoch was formerly the principal seat of the Bishop of Sutherland and Caithness, and was made a royal burgh by Charles I. in 1628. The cathedral, now the parish church, was built about the middle of the thirteenth century, and has recently been restored by the late Duchess of Sutherland. The palace or castle was a large building of most massive structure, of which only the picturesque western tower now remains. On its site a handsome new prison and court-house have recently been erected.