Castillo
Skibo Castle
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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. Thomas Chirnside and his brother, Andrew Spencer Chirnside, bought the castle and the surrounding 20,000 acres for £125,000 in 1868 and lived there until they sold it in 1871 for £130,000.
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.
Texto adaptado de «Skibo Castle» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skibo Castle ranks #880 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #39 of the 96 mapped in Escocia. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.
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