Culduthel

{{Short description|Area of Inverness, Scotland}}

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Culduthel (Gaelic: Cùil Daothail{{cite book |title=The Gaelic Place Names and Heritage of Inverness |last=Maclean |first=Roddy |year=2004 |publisher=Culcabock Publishing |location=Inverness |isbn=978-0-9548925-0-0 |page=69}}) is an area in the south of the city of Inverness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The area is largely residential, and is the location of Inverness Royal Academy.

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One historic building is Culduthel House, a former manor house. This building was used as part of Culduthel Hospital, until the hospital was closed in 1989.{{cite web|title=Table B. NHS Hospitals Closed from mid 1970s to 1998|url=http://www.datadictionaryadmin.scot.nhs.uk/isddd/10541.html|work=ISD Data Dictionary|publisher=NHS|access-date=14 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727103745/http://www.datadictionaryadmin.scot.nhs.uk/isddd/10541.html|archive-date=27 July 2009}}

Several Bronze Age archeological sites have been found in the area. These include a Clava type cairn{{cite web|title=Culduthel (ring cairn)|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=13508|work=ScotlandsPlaces|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|access-date=14 March 2011}} and a burial cist.{{cite web|title=Culduthel (cist)|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=13513|work=ScotlandsPlaces|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|access-date=14 March 2011}}