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Curriehill

Coordinates: 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

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John Skene, Lord Curriehill

References

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  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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