Culrain is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 57.9192°, -4.4064°.

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Culrain

Culrain in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Culrain is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Culrain (Cul Raoin) is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just outside the village.

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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose was defeated here at the Battle of Carbisdale, in 1650 in what proved to be the beginning of his end. Although Carbisdale is the name of the nearest farm to the site of the battle, Culrain is the nearest village. The Munro of Culrain family held the estate of Culrain in the 17th-century and it was apparently named after Coleraine in Ireland which the family's progenitor, George Munro, 1st of Newmore, had been governor during the Irish Confederate Wars. The estate later passed from the Munro of Culrain family to the Munro of Novar family. The initial evictions were entrusted to three men: James Stewart who was a sheriff-officer along with William Munro…

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