Bruce takes an early morning Stroll round the delightful village of Cullen, Shane Macgowan got waylaid on his way and passed out in a bar in Buckie but not before he sent this little ditty.
Cullen is an extremely attractive town originally built around the mouth of the Burn of Deskford. When seen from the sea it is framed from behind by higher ground carrying a disused railway line over a series of spectacular viaducts.
Cullen has a long history. It was established by 1189 on a location about half a mile inland from where you find it today, marked on maps as "Old Cullen" and close to Cullen House. A church was built in 1236, and its successor, Cullen Old Kirk, can still be visited today. Cullen's wealth in the 1700s was built on textiles, and threadmaking in particular. However the main period of growth came with the herring boom in the 1800s. New Cullen and Seatown of Cullen were built in the 1820s, the latter close to the pier built by Thomas Telford in 1819.
This fishing heritage lies behind Cullen's main claim to fame: a form of smoked haddock, potato and onion soup named after the town: Cullen Skink. The slightly odd name comes from the Gaelic word for "essence".
Cullen is an extremely attractive town originally built around the mouth of the Burn of Deskford. When seen from the sea it is framed from behind by higher ground carrying a disused railway line over a series of spectacular viaducts.
The town is in two parts. Sandwiched between the sea wall on
one side, and the curve of the main road on the other, is the fishing village,
Seatown of Cullen. This is a unique collection of a couple of a hundred small
stone fishermen's cottages. At the seaward side they turn their ends to the
sea, which on this north-facing coast can be a bit lumpy.
At the eastern end of Seatown, just below where the main
road emerges from its viaduct, is Cullen's harbour. Again, this is a relatively
quiet place that marks the junction between the Seatown's sandy beach and the
rockier seascape to the east.Cullen has a long history. It was established by 1189 on a location about half a mile inland from where you find it today, marked on maps as "Old Cullen" and close to Cullen House. A church was built in 1236, and its successor, Cullen Old Kirk, can still be visited today. Cullen's wealth in the 1700s was built on textiles, and threadmaking in particular. However the main period of growth came with the herring boom in the 1800s. New Cullen and Seatown of Cullen were built in the 1820s, the latter close to the pier built by Thomas Telford in 1819.
This fishing heritage lies behind Cullen's main claim to fame: a form of smoked haddock, potato and onion soup named after the town: Cullen Skink. The slightly odd name comes from the Gaelic word for "essence".
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| Looking down to the sea from New Cullen |
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| Seatown of Cullen |
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| Looking East from the Harbour |
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| Thomas Telford's Harbour |
Oh well better head west and do some work then retrieve Magowan from the Bar.
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