Drumuillie
Drumuillie
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 The A95 at Drumuillie in winter | |
  Drumuillie Location within the Badenoch and Strathspey area | |
| OS grid reference | NH947199 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PH24 3 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Drumuillie (Scottish Gaelic: Druim Mùillidh) is a small hamlet (or Clachan), which lies 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Boat of Garten and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Aviemore in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1] The village is located at the centre of Abernethy Forest (to the north of Drumuillie is Deishar Wood)[2] and just to the west of the River Spey.
History
[edit]The remains of a medieval Motte-and-bailey castle known as Tom Pitlac (or the hill of Bigla or Matilda) is located to the west of Drumuillie adjacent to the Boat of Garten.[3] The motte is a scheduled ancient monument and is believed to date to the 12th or 13th century, with an historic link in the 15th century to Bigla, a daughter of Gilbert Cumin, Lord of Glenchearnach.[4] Associated with the castle, to the south of Drumuillie was the Spey 'miracle Stone', a stone erected in 1865 that commemorated a local legend in which the Spey river waters were divided to allow a funeral to proceed to nearby Duthil.[5][6]
A small stream, Lynchurn Burn passes through the hamlet and near Lynchurn/Granish farm. The area has evidence of historic activity, including former lime kilns, a longhouse, and evidence of Pictish activity.[7][8][9]
Economy
[edit]The primary industries in the area are agriculture (a series of farm enclosures lie on the eastern edge adjacent to the railway and River Spey),[10] tourism and forestry. A 56,000m3 capacity timber sawmill, Drumuillie Mill, is located to the west of the hamlet.[11][12] An older sawmill existed near the current mill but stopped working in 1930 and was converted to a private house.[11]
Transport
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Drumuillie lies on the A95 road and was located along the earlier route of the military road to Grantown-on-Spey built under the direction of General George Wade.[13] The Strathspey railway, a working heritage line, passes through Drumuillie, lying between Broomhill railway station and the Boat of Garten railway station. The nearest mainline station is Aviemore railway station.
Education
[edit]Drumuillie has no school; the nearest primary school is Deshar Primary School in Boat of Garten.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Drumuillie". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Deishar Wood (15455)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Tom Pitlac (15397)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Tom Pitlac, Motte (SM9110)". Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Spey, 'miracle Stone' (15392)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "The Miracle Stone of the Spey". BBC Radio Scotland. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Drumuillie House, Limekiln (136127)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Lynchurn (15429)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Lynchurn Longhouse (139074)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Drumuillie (361331)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Drumuillie Mill (331583)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Boat of Garten". BSW. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Aviemore - Grantown Military Road (139747)". Canmore. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Deshar Primary". Highland Council. Retrieved 8 September 2021.