Clan Sutherland also known as House of Sutherland is a Highland Scottish clan whose traditional territory is the shire of Sutherland in the far north of Scotland. The chief of the clan was also the powerful Earl of Sutherland, however in the early 16th century this title passed through marriage to a younger son of the chief of Clan Gordon. The current chief is Alistair Sutherland who holds the title Earl of Sutherland.
Coats of arms of the Sutherland of Forse and Sutherland of Duffus branches of the clan. Also shown is the coat of arms of the Cheynes who are considered a sept of the Clan Sutherland and the Chisholms who married into the Sutherland family
A Victorian era, romanticised depiction of a member of the clan by R. R. McIan, from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, published in 1845.
Dunrobin Castle, historic seat of the Earls of Sutherland, chiefs of Clan Sutherland.
Dornoch Castle, also known as Dornoch Palace, held by the Earls of Sutherland in the 16th century, it is now a hotel.
Sutherland is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south and the Atlantic to the north and west. Like its southern neighbour Ross-shire, Sutherland has some of the most dramatic scenery in Europe, especially on its western fringe where the mountains meet the sea. These include high sea cliffs and very old mountains composed of Precambrian and Cambrian rocks.
Suilven from the Glencanisp Lodge path
Sandwood Bay
Cape Wrath from the sea
Rogart railway station on the Far North Line
