Culrain
Cùil Rathain
Meaning
the back of the small circular fort
Location
Sutherland
Highland
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English / Map Form: Culrain
Gaelic Form: Cùil Rathain
Location: Sutherland, Highland
Post Town: ARDGAY
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Culrain
Gaelic Form: Cùil Rathain
Sources
Colrain 1747-55 Roy
Culrain Inn 1820 Thomson
Cul Raoin: current road signage
‘The modern name is said to have been imposed from Ireland’: Watson 1904 p. 20
“Carbisdale… now called Culrain Lodge pronounced the same in Gaelic as it is in English and therefore not a native name”: Robertson Collection MS357
Additional Information
Cul Raoin is on the existing sign and is found on Wikipedia, but this comes from Johnston.
