Culburnie, Highland

Culburnie (Scottish Gaelic: Cùil Braonaigh, Scots: Chainry) is a scattered hamlet near in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 1.2 miles (2 km) west of Kiltarlity, and 12.4 miles (20 km) west of Inverness.[1][2]

Culburnie
Culburnie
Location within the Inverness area
Population121 
OS grid referenceNH486414
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKiltarlity
Postcode districtIV4 7
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish Parliament
  • Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

The name may come from the Gaelic for "at the back of the damp place".[3]

Until 1968 Culburnie had its own primary school, built sometime in the 19th century by the Free Church of Scotland.[4] Primary pupils now travel to the nearby school at Tomnacross, while secondary students attend Charleston Academy in Inverness.

The Culburnie Burn (also known as the Teanacoil Burn) passes through the area before flowing into the Bruiach Burn, which in turn joins the Beauly River and Firth.

References

  1. "Culburnie". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. Microsoft; Nokia (26 February 2017). "Culburnie" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. Beauly, The Aird and Strathglass Place-Name Survey (North-East Inverness-shire)
  4. "Geograph:: Old Culburnie School © Craig Wallace cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.


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