Culrain, Scotland
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Culrain is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.
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[edit] Location
It lies north of Ardgay, beside the Kyle of Sutherland, where several rivers converge to flood into the sea through lush water meadows.
[edit] History
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.
Culrain riots, where locals resisting land clearances for sheep farming fought a pitched battle with the sheriff, overturning his coach and sending him and his cohorts scurrying for cover. That was a group of Rosses.
[edit] Surrounding Area
Overlooking the Kyle of Sutherland is the 19th-century Carbisdale Castle. This was home to the exiled King of Norway during the German occupation of Norway during World War II. This now houses the largest and most sumptuous Youth Hostel in Scotland, and possibly anywhere else,
[edit] Getting there
Trains between Inverness and Thurso stop at Ardgay railway station and Culrain railway station (a request stop!). The youth hostel is half a mile up a steep hill from the station.
Buses between Inverness and Lairg stop in Ardgay and Bonar Bridge.
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