. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical . nearer CullenHouse, is doubtful. The eminent physician, Sir JamesClark, Bart. (1788-1870), was a native of Cullen. Itsharbour was formed in 1817, and enlarged in 1834, bythe Earl of Seafield, at a cost of more than £10, a depth atthe pier-head of 8^feet at neap, andof 12 at springtides, it is one ofthe best artificialhavens in theMoray Firth. Thechief imports arecoals, salt, andstaves; and ex-ports are herrings,dried fish, oats,potatoes, and tim-ber. The catchingand curing of
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical . nearer CullenHouse, is doubtful. The eminent physician, Sir JamesClark, Bart. (1788-1870), was a native of Cullen. Itsharbour was formed in 1817, and enlarged in 1834, bythe Earl of Seafield, at a cost of more than £10, a depth atthe pier-head of 8^feet at neap, andof 12 at springtides, it is one ofthe best artificialhavens in theMoray Firth. Thechief imports arecoals, salt, andstaves; and ex-ports are herrings,dried fish, oats,potatoes, and tim-ber. The catchingand curing of fishis the staple in-dustry ; and there Seal of also a boat-building yard, a rope and sail works, awoollen factory, anda brewery. Fairs for cattle and horses are held on thethird Friday of May and the first Friday of its burgh privileges from tlie reign of Williamthe Lyon (1165-1214), Cullen is governed by a bailies, a dean of guild, a treasurer, a billet master,and 6 other councillors ; with Elgin, Banff, Macdufl,Peterhead, Kintore, and Inverurie, it returns a member. CULLENOCH to parliament. Its parliamentary and municipal con-stituency numbered 322 in 1882, when the burghvaluation amounted to £3615, whilst the corporationrevenue was £67. Pop. (1841) 1423, (1851) 1697, (1861)1821, (1871) 2056, (1881) 20-33. The parish of Cullen, triangular in shape, is boundedN by the Moray Firth, E by Fordyce, and SW_ byRathven. Its utmost lengtli, from N to S, is 1§ mile ;its utmost width, from E to W, is 1^ mile; and itsarea is 925 acres, of which 38| are foreshore, and15 Avater. The coast-line, 1^ mile long, presents abold rocky front to the Bay of Cullen, which is 2^miles wide across a chord drawn from Scar Nose toLogic Head, and which from that chord measures 7furiongs to its innermost recess. Three singular massesof rock here have been named the Three Kings of Cullen,most likely after the Magi, or Three Kings of Cologne—Caspar, Melchior, and
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