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]
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edit- ↑ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.6. p.334
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