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curriehill Latitude and Longitude:

55°53′56″N 3°19′5″W / 55.89889°N 3.31806°W / 55.89889; -3.31806
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Curriehill ( Scots: Curriehull, Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Churraich) [1] is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north-west of Currie.

Curriehill railway station is the western terminus of the Edinburgh Crossrail. These trains continue to Glasgow Central via West Lothian and North Lanarkshire.

Curriehill Castle was a stronghold until the 16th century, and a seat of the Skene family. It faced over the Water of Leith to Lennox Tower. [2]

Notable People

John Skene, Lord Curriehill

References

  1. ^ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.6. p.334

55°53′56″N 3°19′5″W / 55.89889°N 3.31806°W / 55.89889; -3.31806


curriehill Latitude and Longitude:

55°53′56″N 3°19′5″W / 55.89889°N 3.31806°W / 55.89889; -3.31806
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Curriehill - geograph.org.uk - 33401

Curriehill ( Scots: Curriehull, Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc a' Churraich) [1] is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is north-west of Currie.

Curriehill railway station is the western terminus of the Edinburgh Crossrail. These trains continue to Glasgow Central via West Lothian and North Lanarkshire.

Curriehill Castle was a stronghold until the 16th century, and a seat of the Skene family. It faced over the Water of Leith to Lennox Tower. [2]

Notable People

John Skene, Lord Curriehill

References

  1. ^ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.6. p.334

55°53′56″N 3°19′5″W / 55.89889°N 3.31806°W / 55.89889; -3.31806


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