Old Photograph North Castle Street Cullen Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on North Castle Street in Cullen, Moray, Scotland. Robert Burns stayed overnight at, what was then, the old town of Cullen in 1787 during his tour of the Highlands. The organs of the wife of Robert the Bruce are said to have been buried in the old church in Cullen after her death in the area. Robert the Bruce made an annual payment to the village in gratitude for the treatment of his wife's body and its return south for burial. The fishing industry developed quickly in the 1880s and the harbour was crammed with large sailing fishing boats, these giving way to steam drifters at the start of the 20th century. The industry became centralised on larger harbours, the boats became larger diesel engined designs that required non tidal access.



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