Monument record MHG24020 - Skelbo Station

Skelbo Castle Cottage (skimmed and painted pale yellow) appears to lie on site of railway building depicted on 2nd ed OS. The railway line to the N survives as bank within pasture field E of the castle - HAW 8/2003

After the Light Railways Act in 1896, the Dornoch Light Railway Order was confirmed in 1898 and construction completed in 1902. Built to connect Dornoch to the main railway line between Inverness and Thurso which had bypassed the Burgh by 12 miles, the railway overcame a number of obstacles and eventually linked Dornoch to the main line at The Mound, with stations also at Embo, Skelbo, and Cambusavie. The last train on the line was in 1960. The line of the route is still marked on the 1:50000 OS maps as dismantled railway. For a comprehensive story of the railway, see Barry C Turner's publication "The Dornoch Light Railway", from which the depiction of the station track plans is taken.
AMF, Highland Council, 06/03/01