Brora is a village in the eastern of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland. Brora is a tiny industrial town, contending once a coal pit, boat building, salt frying pans, fish healing, lemonade factory, the new Clynelish Distillery (as well as the old Clynelish distillery which is currently called the Brora distillery, wool mill, blocks and a stone quarry. The white sandstone in the Clynelish quarry belongs to the Brora Formation, of the Callovian and also Oxfordian stages (formerly Middle Oolite) of the Mid-Late Jurassic. Stone from the quarry was made use of in the construction of London Bridge, Liverpool Cathedral and also Dunrobin Castle. When in operation, the coalmine was the most northward coalmine in the UK. Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electrical power thanks to its woollen market. This difference triggered the regional nickname of "Electric City" at the time. Brora also houses a baronial design clock tower which is a war memorial.