Auldearn
Auldearn is a village situated east of the River Nairn, just outside Nairn in the Highland council area of Scotland. It takes its name from William the Lion's castle of Eren, built there in the 12th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Nairn railway station and Rait Castle.
Nairn railway station
Railway station
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Nairn railway station is a railway station serving the town of Nairn in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, between Forres and Inverness Airport, measured 128 miles 72 chains from Perth via the former Dava route. Nairn railway station is situated 2½ miles west of Auldearn.
Rait Castle
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Rait Castle is a ruined hall-house castle dating from the thirteenth century, situated just south of Nairn near Inverness, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. Rait Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Auldearn.
Nairn Town and County Hospital
Hospital
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Nairn Town and County Hospital and Primary Care Centre, also known as the Town and County Hospital, is a healthcare facility located in Nairn, Scotland. Nairn Town and County Hospital is situated 2½ miles west of Auldearn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nairn and Dyke.
Nairn
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Nairn is a seaside resort east of Inverness in The Great Glen and Strathspey Region of Highland Scotland. In 2020 it had a population of 10,190.
Dyke
Village
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Dyke is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles west of Forres. The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word dìg, signifying a water drain or ditch. Dyke is situated 4½ miles northeast of Auldearn.
Culcharry
Village
Culcharry is a small residential settlement, close to the village of Cawdor and the hamlet of Brackla, lying 4 miles southwest of Nairn, in Nairnshire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Culcharry is situated 5 miles southwest of Auldearn.
Auldearn
- Type: Village with 650 residents
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.57581° or 57° 34′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.80854° or 3° 48′ 31″ westPopulation
650Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9C9RH5GR+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1325807921OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656783Wikidata ID
Q1985973
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Auldearn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Auldearn”
- Bulgarian: “Аулдеарн”
- Cebuano: “Auldearn”
- Dutch: “Auldearn”
- French: “Auldearn”
- German: “Auldearn”
- Irish: “Allt Èireann”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Auldearn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Auldearn”
- Norwegian: “Auldearn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Allt Èireann”
- Spanish: “Auldearn”
- Swedish: “Auldearn”
- Turkish: “Auldearn”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Auldearn”. Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.