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Dunrobin Castle, Flagstaff Lodge

Gate Lodge (19th Century)

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Dunrobin Castle Flagstaff Lodge stands in Sutherland as a nineteenth-century gate lodge, its stone threshold marking the boundary between the castle estate and the ordinary world. It still belongs to the castle, guarding the approach like a quiet sentinel from the Post Medieval period. The lodge gives the estate its shape, a small building with a large job, reminding visitors that even grand places need edges.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunrobin Castle, Flagstaff Lodge as Gate Lodge (19th Century). 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.
Dunrobin Castle, Flagstaff Lodge is a 19th-century gate lodge associated with the larger Dunrobin Castle, which was built by the Earls of Sutherland, a prominent Scottish noble family. The lodge is important as part of the historic estate and reflects the architectural and social influence of the Sutherland family in northern Scotland.

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