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The County of Nairn, or Nairnshire, (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Narann) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county was named after Nairn, its only town. The county was used for local government until 1975 when the area was redesignated as the Nairn District, one of the eight districts of the ...
Nairn (/ ˈ n ɛər n /; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Narann) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland.It is an ancient fishing port and market town around 17 miles (27 km) east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth.
Culcharry is a small residential settlement, close to the village of Cawdor and the hamlet of Brackla, lying 4 miles southwest of Nairn, in Nairnshire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Culcharry is situated 3½ miles northwest of County of Nairn.
Nairnshire, historic county, northeastern Scotland, on the southern shore of the Moray Firth. The town of Nairn is the historic county town (seat) and the principal town. Part of the sandy shore of the Moray Firth has been forested, and the county’s coastal area is for the most part fertile and well-farmed with crops and livestock.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nairn is its only substantial town; a popular seaside resort boasting the longest sandy beach in Europe. The Links by Nairn is one of the finest golf courses in Scotland. The villages of Nairnshire crowd around Nairn and the coast while southward the county stretches just 18 miles from the coast, into the hills.
Nairn is located in the county of Nairn, Scotland, nine miles south-east of the town of Cromarty, 73 miles north-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 116 miles north of Edinburgh, 423 miles north of Cardiff, and 446 miles north of London. Nairn lies four miles north-east of the Inverness border. Nairn falls within the unitary authority of Highland.
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An ancient county and earldom of northern Scotland, Nairn (occasionally Nairnshire) was the fourth smallest county at 164 sq. miles (424 sq. km). It lies between Inverness-shire and Moray, with the Moray Firth to the N. Its chief town was Nairn and its principal river is the Nairn. It became a district within Highland Regional Council between ...
