What is recorded here
Dornoch, Castle Street, Sheriff Court House stands as a 19th Century court house and a 1923 war memorial in Highland, Scotland. It is the kind of place where ordinary argument becomes record, and record becomes identity. People may have stood in that street carrying fear, pride or grief, knowing the building would remember them longer than they remembered themselves.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dornoch, Castle Street, Sheriff Court House as Court House (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) (1923). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dornoch Sheriff Court House on Castle Street was built in the 19th century and serves as a local administrative building. It is remembered for its role in the community and for the adjacent 1923 war memorial.
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