Brora
Brora is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland location of Scotland. Brora is a little commercial village, contending once a coal pit, watercraft building, salt pans, fish treating, lemonade manufacturing facility, the brand-new Clynelish Distillery (in addition to the old Clynelish distillery which is currently called the Brora distillery, woollen mill, bricks as well as a rock quarry. The white sandstone in the Clynelish quarry belongs to the Brora Development, of the Callovian as well as Oxfordian stages (previously 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 one of the most northward coalmine in the UK. Brora was the starting point in the north of Scotland to have electricity thanks to its wool industry. This distinction generated the regional label of "Electric City" at the time. Brora also houses a baronial style clock tower which is a war memorial.
