Place:Brora, Sutherland, Scotland

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Brora (Scottish Gaelic: Brùra) is a village in the east of the traditional county of Sutherland, now part of the Highland Council Area of Scotland. The village is situated where the A9 road and the Far North Line [railway] bridge the River Brora. The village has a railway station and there are bus services to other villages and towns in the Highland Council Area.

The name Brora is derived from ancient Norse, meaning 'river with a bridge.' A small industrial village having at one time a coal pit, boat building, salt pans, fish curing, lemonade factory, a distillery), wool mill, a brick factory and a stone quarry. Stone from the quarry was used in the construction of London Bridge, wikipedia:Liverpool Cathedral,Liverpool Cathedral and Dunrobin Castle. When in operation, the coalmine was the most northerly coalmine in the UK. A Government Radio Receiving Station operated between 1940 and 1986.

Thanks to its wool industry Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electricity. This distinction gave rise to the local nickname of "Electric City" at the time.

Brora is the principal settlement of the parish of Clyne.

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For further information of a genealogical nature, see the parish of Clyne.