Skibo Castle
Skibo Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Sgìobail) is located to the west of Dornoch in the Highland county of Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Although largely of the 19th century and early 20th century, when it was the home of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, its origins go back much earlier. Andrew Chirnside was a previous owner.
Skibo Castle
Completed
Castle in use as a residential country club
Clashmore
Dornoch
IV25 3RQ
1899 (incorporating earlier structures)
1901
Skibo Ltd. (trading as The Carnegie Club)
Four and five storeys
502 hectares (1,240 acres)
Ross & Macbeth (1899 alterations)
T. H. Mawson (1901 gardens and terrace)
21 rooms and 12 lodges
Skibo Castle and Garden Terraces, Walled Garden and Glasshouses
18 March 1971
LB597[1]
Skibo Castle
1 July 1987
GDL00343[2]
It is now operated as The Carnegie Club, a members-only residential club, offering members and their guests accommodation in both the castle and estate lodges, a private links golf course and a range of activities including clay pigeon shooting, tennis and horse riding.
Etymology[edit]
According to William J. Watson, Skibo is the anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Sgìobal, which in turn comes from an Old Norse name meaning either firewood-steading or Skithi's steading.[3]
Castle grounds[edit]
The grounds include Lake Louise, a very small artificial lake, and one of only a few bodies of water in Scotland known as lakes.[11] The estate is listed on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the list of nationally significant designed landscapes.[2]