Internet Websites of Interest
There are too many possible websites to list them all,
but here are a few that you might enjoy.
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Sutherland Websites
- Clan Sutherland Society in Scotland at: http://www.clansutherland.org.uk
- Stirling Castle, home of the Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders:
http://www.aboutscotland.com/argylls/index.html
Around the Area
- The Internet Guide to Scotland: http://www.scotland-info.co.uk/caithnes.htm This is a wonderful online resource. The page "The Far North, Caithness and Sutherland", offers information, photographs and links for many of the towns in the region.
- The Northern Scot: http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/
- Scotsman.com: http://www.scotsman.com/
- County Sutherland: http://www.countysutherland.co.uk/
- The Golspie Community Website: http://www.golspie.org.uk/
- The Helmsdale Community Website: http://www.helmsdale.org/
- The Dornoch Community Website: http://www.dornoch.org.uk/
- The Brora Website: http://www.broraweb.freeserve.co.uk
- The Lairg Community Website: http://www.lairghighlands.org.uk
- The Durness Website: http://www.durness.org/
- The Assynt Website: http://www.assynt.co.uk/
- The Caithness Community Website: http://www.caithness.org
Travel Links
- The Official Website of the Scottish Tourist Board: http://www.visitscotland.com/
- The Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board: http://www.visithighlands.com/
- Highland Family Heritage: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk This website is from Mark Sutherland-Fisher of the Clan Sutherland Society in Scotland. He is also a genealogist.
- Highland Escape: http://www.highlandescape.com/ This includes the webpage for Dunrobin Castle and other attractions in eastern Sutherland.
Scottish Internet Directories
These are gateways to many great websites on the Internet.
These are gateways to many great websites on the Internet.
- Rampant Scotland: http://www.rampantscotland.com/
- Electric Scotland: http://www.electricscotland.com/
- Gateway to Scotland: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html
- ScottishSearch.com: http://www.scottishsearch.com
Publications
- The Scottish Banner: http://www.scottishbanner.com/
- Scottish Life Magazine: http://www.scottishlifemagazine.com/
- Highlander Web Magazine: http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/
- Scots Magazine: http://www.usscots.com
- Northern Times: http://www.northern-times.co.uk
Scottish Radio on the Internet
- BBC Radio Scotland: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/
- Scottish Internet Radio: http://www.internetradio.co.uk/scottish/. This website includes archives Gaelic lessons.
- Highlander Radio: http://www.celticradio.net/
Additional Websites
- The Heraldry Society of Scotland: http://www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk/
- The Council of Scottish Clans and Associations: http://www.tartans.com/cosca/
- The National Trust for Scotland: http://www.nts.org.uk/
- Historic Scotland: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/
- Mackenzie's Pamphlet, 1881, an account of the Clearances in Sutherland: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Hty_Sct/High_Clr/Mem/Sutherland_MKZ.html
- The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society: http://www.rscds.org/
- Children's Hospice Association Scotland: http://www.chas.org.uk
- For information about Tartan Day on April 6: http://www.tartanday.org/
- The 93rd Sutherland Highland Regiment of Foot Living History Unit: http://www.93rdhighlanders.com/
- TartanWeb at http://www.tartanweb.com/tweb/greatkilt/greatkilt.htm has complete and illustrated instructions for wrapping a Great Kilt.
- Find a piper, a band or other information at Bagpipers.com: http://www.bagpipers.com/
- For more information on the Duffuses and the earliest Sutherlands: http://www.duffus.com
- For more information on the Keiths: http://www.tartans.com/clans/Keith/keith.html
- For more information on the Oliphants: http://www.geocities.com/clanoliphant/
