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Cruden Bay is a small village in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, 26 miles north of Aberdeen. Just south of Slains Castle, Cruden Bay is said to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II defeated the Danes in 1012.〔However Dauvit Braum in his entry for Malcolm in the Dictionary of National Biography refers to "unsubstantiated late accounts of Malcolm defeating Danes in battle". (( Oxford DNB article:Malcolm II) )〕 Traditionally, the name was derived from the Gaelic ''Croch Dain'' (Slaughter of Danes).〔(A Brief History of Cruden Parish Church ) crudenchurch.org.uk, accessed 14 October 2008〕 Today, Cruden Bay attracts tourists with its hotels and golf course. It has a long, unspoiled, beach made famous by Norwegian aviator Tryggve Gran who made the first solo flight across the North Sea.〔(Tryggve Gran )〕 ==Literary associations== The village has associations with various figures in literature. Dr Samuel Johnson and James Boswell were guests at Slains Castle in 1773. Johnson said that "no man can see with indifference" the sea chasm known as the Bullers of Buchan, which is near the village. Dun Bay, or Yellow Rock is also near the Bullers of Buchan, and is associated with Walter Scott's ''The Antiquary''. Bram Stoker holidayed first at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel〔(Welcome to the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel )〕 and then at nearby Whinnyfold from 1894. Some believe Slains Castle inspired ''Dracula'', since Stoker was a regular guest at the Kilmarnock Arms, and Stoker’s novel ''The Mystery of the Sea'' and some short stories have Cruden Bay as their setting. James Macpherson's poem ''The Highlander'' (1758) takes the battle of Cruden as its model. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cruden Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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