Auldearn
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Auldearn Scottish Gaelic Allt Éireann |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 35 ′ N , 3 ° 48 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 643 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | NAIRN | ||
| ZIP code section | IV12 | ||
| prefix | 01667 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| British Parliament | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Inverness and Nairn | ||
Auldearn ( Gaelic : Allt Éireann ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Highland and the traditional Scottish county of Nairnshire . It is not far from the south bank of the Moray Firth about 28 km east of Inverness and 30 km west of Elgin . The closest city is Nairn, three kilometers to the west .
history
A Christian chapel has probably been at this location since the 6th century; founded by the Irish Scottish missionary Columban . Reports that both King Donald II died in Auldearn in 900 and his son King Malcolm I in 954 are no longer tenable, according to recent research.
In the middle of the 12th century, William the Lion had a fortress built on this site. This was called Eren Castle and later "Old Eren", from which the name of the village is derived. The preserved remains of the moth are now classified as a Scheduled Monument . Auldearn received the rights of a burgh early on , but lost them again around 1190 with the founding of Nairn.
On May 9, 1645 faced each other on the swampy areas southwest of the village of Covenanter and Irish royalists in union with Scottish Highland clans at the Battle of Auldearn . Although the latter brought up the lower troop strength, they clearly won the battle.
In the 1841 and 1871 censuses, the population of Auldearn was constant around 350 people. In 1951 the population had not changed significantly, but increased in the following decades to 990 in 1991. In 2011, Auldearn had 543 residents.
traffic
The A96 , which connects Inverness with Aberdeen , touches the village and connects it to the trunk road network. Auldearn does not have its own train station. The closest stop is in Nairn. It opened in 1855 and is now served by trains on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line of First ScotRail .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b c d Auldearn Highland. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ Auldearn. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, pp . 91-92 .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ entry. In: The Gazetteer for Scotland. 2011.
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Nairn Highland. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .