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Dornoch (Gaelic: Dòrnach]) is a former Royal burgh on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, in the Highlands of Scotland

It boasts the thirteenth-century Dornoch Cathedral, the Old Town Jail, and the previous Bishop's Palace which is now the well-known hotel, Dornoch Castle and a notable golf course, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club, named the 5th best golf course outside the United States in 2005 by Golf Digest magazine.

It is also notable as the last place a witch was burnt in Scotland. Her name was Janet Horne; she was tried and condemned to death in 1727. There is a stone, the Witch's Stone, commemorating her death, inscribed with the year 1722.

Legendary golf course designer Donald Ross began his career as a greenkeeper on the Royal Dornoch links.