English / Map Form: Cullernie
Gaelic Form: Cùl Fheàrna
Location: Inverness area, Highland
Post Town: INVERNESS
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Cullernie
Gaelic Form: Cùl Fheàrna
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G cùl ~ back + fèarna ~ alder
Sources
Cularne 1507 RMS ii, 3105
Cullarne 1508 RMS ii, 3324
Coulerny c. 1591 Pont map
Cullerneis 1755 Roy’s map
cul-iarni: Diack MS2276
Additional Information
Upper Cullernie is a place in its own right. There is near Cullernie an Allanfearn ~ an t-Àilean Feàrna (Maclean, 57), only a few hundred yards away.
See also Collairnie in Fife.