Cromdale is a small, growing village in the Highland council area of Scotland, on the A95 road, where it crosses Cromdale Burn, between Grantown-on-Spey and Aberlour. The bridge^[1] is about 500 metres south of the confluence of the burn with the River Spey. The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ... The council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The A95 road is a major road of north-east Scotland connecting the A9 road in the Highlands to the A98 road near the coast. ... Grantown-on-Spey is a small burgh in the Scottish Highlands founded in 1765, on the River Spey with a population of 3,409 [1]. It lies at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about twenty miles south east of Inverness. ... Aberlour, also known as Charlestown of Aberlour after its founder, is a town in Moray, Scotland, 12 miles south of Elgin. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) A metre or meter[1] (symbol: m) is a unit of length and the current base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). ... In Scotland, and to some extent in North East England, burn is a name for a stream which is less than a river. ... The River Spey is a river in Scotland that runs 107 miles (172 km) to the Moray Firth at Spey Bay, making it the second longest river in Scotland. ...

The village was within the local government county of Moray until in 1975, when the county was divided between the Highland and Grampian regions. The village retained Morayshire as its official postal address for many years after the change in local government boundaries. The local government of Scotland is organised into 32 unitary authorities covering the mainland and islands of Scotland. ... Grampian (Roinn a Mhonaidh in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... The local government regions and districts of Scotland were established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as a two-tier system of local government in Scotland. ... Morayshire or Elginshire (Siorrachd Mhoireibh in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Ordnance Survey grid reference for the bridge: NJ074284

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...

See also

• Battle of Cromdale