River Dulnain

Coordinates: 57°14′31″N 3°56′24″W / 57.242°N 3.940°W / 57.242; -3.940
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River Dulnain shortly before it joins the Spey, taken from the bridge in Dulnain Bridge

The River Dulnain (

A938 road. The river empties into the Spey (57°17′37″N 3°39′14″W / 57.2936°N 3.6538°W / 57.2936; -3.6538 (River Dulnain (mouth))) after passing beneath the A95 road and the disused bridge of the former Strathspey railway.[1]

Etymology

The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic tuil which means flood and ean which means stream and is perhaps descriptive of its reaction to rainfall.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale Landranger map sheet 35 Kingussie & 36 Grantown and Aviemore
  2. ^ Ross, D. 2001 Scottish Place-names, Birlinn, Edinburgh

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57°14′31″N 3°56′24″W / 57.242°N 3.940°W / 57.242; -3.940

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