The Mound, Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name The Mound, Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mound Station; The Mound Station
Canmore ID 14788
Site Number NH79NE 45
NGR NH 7752 9835
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14788
- Council Highland
- Parish Golspie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH79NE 45 7752 9835
For adjacent causeway (The Mound: NH 768 977 to 775 982), see NH79NE 44.
(Location cited as NH 775 983). The Mound Station, built 1877 for the Sutherland Rly. Now a dwelling-house. There is also a wooden goods shed, and traces of the Dornoch Light Rly platform.
J R Hume 1977.
(Name cited as The Mound). This station on the Inverness - Wick and Thurso ('Far North') line of the (former) Highland Rly. was also the junction station for the Dornoch branch. It was opened (by the Sutherland Rly) on 13 April 1868 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 13 June 1960.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 January 2001.
R V J Butt 1995.
