Cullen
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Looking west over Cullen, with Cullen Viaduct on the left | |
Location within Moray | |
Population | 1,390 (2022)[1] |
OS grid reference | NJ512672 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BUCKIE |
Postcode district | AB56 |
Dialling code | 01542 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Cullen (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Cuilinn) is a village and former royal burgh in Moray but historically in Banffshire, Scotland, on the North Sea coast. The village had a population of 1,327 in 2001.[2][3] The organs of the wife of Robert the Bruce are said to have been buried in its old kirk after her death in Cullen Castle.[4] Robert made an annual payment to the village in gratitude for the treatment of his wife's body and its return south for burial.[5] In 2000, the recent non-payment of this sum by the government was challenged and settled to the village's favour.[6]