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Culter Compressocorpus
Culter may refer to: * Culter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom * ''Culter'' (fish), a genus of cyprinid fish * Culter F.C., a junior football club from the village of Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland * Culter School, a primary school in Aberdeen * Peterculter Peterculter , also known as Culter, is an outer suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about from the city centre. It lies on the north bank of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Dee, at its confluence with the Culter Burn. Following the Local Governm ..., commonly shortened to Culter, a suburb of Aberdeen See also * Coulter (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culter, South Lanarkshire
Coulter or Culter (both spellings in use, pronounced "Cooter" with no "l") is a small village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies approximately south of Biggar. Some old maps and local modern houses also have the spelling Cootyre - "a safe place for cows." Nearby are two notable Scottish hills, Tinto and Culter Fell. The River Clyde is also nearby. Coulter Village at Culter House is on the watershed between the Clyde and the Tweed. The village has a mill which has been converted to a restaurant. The second recorded Mill some time about 1880. The site of the first since the burn, Culter Water, was diverted to its present course is unknown. The village is the likely location of the fictional Midculter from Dorothy Dunnett's 6-book series The Lymond Chronicles. Within that series, Midculter is the home of the Crawford Barons of Culter and of the protagonist, Francis Crawford of Lymond. A possible location for their castle, Midculter Castle, is Coulter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culter (fish)
''Culter'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The fishes in this genus are found in eastern Asia from Siberia to Viet Nam. The name is derived from the Latin word ''culter'', meaning "knife". ''Culter'' is closely related to ''Chanodichthys ''Chanodichthys'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other ...'' and some species have been moved between these genera. Species ''Culter'' has the following species classified within it: * '' Culter alburnus'' Basilewsky, 1855 * '' Culter compressocorpus'' P. L. Yih & C. R. Chu, 1959 References Xenocyprididae Taxa named by Stepan Ivanovich Basilewsky Ray-finned fish genera {{Cultrinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culter F
Culter may refer to: * Culter, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom * ''Culter'' (fish), a genus of cyprinid fish * Culter F.C., a junior football club from the village of Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland * Culter School, a primary school in Aberdeen * Peterculter Peterculter , also known as Culter, is an outer suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about from the city centre. It lies on the north bank of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Dee, at its confluence with the Culter Burn. Following the Local Governm ..., commonly shortened to Culter, a suburb of Aberdeen See also * Coulter (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culter School
Cults Academy is an Aberdeen City Council secondary school in Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. It was the recipient of The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award 2008 because of its outstanding exam results that year, having been rated 3rd in 2005. As of 2023, Cults Academy is the 6th best school in Scotland. Based on pupil numbers, Cults Academy is the largest state school in Aberdeen. It was founded in 1967. The old 1960s school building was replaced with a new building on the former site of its playing fields in 2009. Pupils Approximately 1300 attend the school each year (one of the largest school rolls in the Aberdeen area), between the ages of approximately 11 to 18. The majority have attended one of the four primary schools in the catchment area; Cults Primary School, Culter School, Lairhillock Primary and Milltimber Primary. On 28 October 2015 Bailey Gwynne, a 16-year-old pupil, died after being stabbed at the school. Head Teachers Head Teachers who h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterculter
Peterculter , also known as Culter, is an outer suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about from the city centre. It lies on the north bank of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Dee, at its confluence with the Culter Burn. Following the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, 1996 Scottish council boundary changes it became part of the Lower Deeside (ward), Lower Deeside ward in the Aberdeen City council area. History About south west of Peterculter is the site of the Roman Camp, Roman marching camp at Normandykes. King William I of Scotland, William the Lion bestowed the church of Kulter, "iuxta Abirdene", upon the Kelso Abbey, Abbey and monks of St Mary of Kelso, Scotland, Kelso, about 1165–1199. The gift was afterwards confirmed by Mathew, Bishop of Aberdeen, within whose diocese the church sat. Alan of Soltre, chaplain, who had probably been an ecclesiastic of the Soutra Aisle, hospital, or monastery of Soutra, in Lothian, was presented by the Abbot of Kelso, to the vicara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
