Bunchrew

Bunchrew

Bunchrew House
Bunchrew
Bunchrew shown within the Inverness area
OS grid reference NH617455
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district IV3 8
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
Bunchrew railway station, 1961

Bunchrew (Scottish Gaelic: Bun Chraoibh) is a small village close to the south shore of Beauly Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland.[1] It is 5 km west of the city of Inverness, on the A862 road.

The name is from Bun Chraoibh, Gaelic for "foot of the tree".[2]

It has a caravan and camping site[3] and Bunchrew House — a historic mansion that is now a hotel — is on the shore of the firth nearby.[4]

Bunchrew had a station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which opened in 1862. This station closed to passengers in 1960, and to goods in 1964.


References

  1. "Bunchrew". The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. Iain Mac an Tàilleir (2003). "Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  3. Bunchrew Caravan Park.
  4. Bunchrew House Hotel


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