Culduie
| Culduie Gaelic: Cùil Duibh | |
| Ross-shire | |
|---|---|
 Culduie | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NG715401 |
| Location: | 57°23’40"N, 5°48’13"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | IV54 8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
Culduie is a little hamlet on the southwest corner on Applecross peninsula on the west coast of Ross-shire, looking out over the Minch and to the Isle of Raasay.
Culduie is found to the south of Applecross Village (Shore Street), in Strathcarron. It looks over the bay of Pola-creadh towards the hamlet of Ard-dubh.
Fishing was one of the main sources of income for Applecross residents and the bay still has a few active fishing boats mainly for prawn fishing these days.
In literature
The hamlet is the place where the events in His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet take place;[1] a fictional story of the 17-year-old Roddy Macrae, who commits a triple homicide. It is set in Culduie in around 1869.
References
- ↑ Garry, Scott (17 September 2016). "Murder in the Highlands: Graeme Macrae Burnet on what inspired His Bloody Project". Herald & Times Group. Sunday Herald. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14749071.Murder_in_the_Highlands__Graeme_Macrae_Burnet_on_what_inspired_His_Bloody_Project/. Retrieved 27 November 2017.