Scorguie
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| Neighbourhood | |
  Scorguie Location within theInverness area | |
| Population | 2,931 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode district | IV3 8 |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
| 57°29′01″N4°15′41″W / 57.4836155°N 4.2615152°W /57.4836155; -4.2615152 | |
Scorguie (/skɔːrˈɡuːi/;Scottish Gaelic:Sgor Gaoithe, meaning "The Windy Ridge") is an area of the city ofInverness in theHighland council area ofScotland. It is situated in the city's north-west, on the west bank of theCaledonian Canal, and is often considered asuburb to the city.
For most of the city's history, Scorguie was a large tract of farmland tied to an area known as "Knockgurr". Throughout the 19th century it was owned by the Duffs ofMuirtown, along with a small portion of nearbyMerkinch. The farm appears in a court report from 1857, in which it statescrofters renting the land were to pay"£90 a year" (roughly £9,200 today).[1]
After centuries of existence as pastureland, housing projects in Scorguie began sometime after theSecond World War. As of 2018, the population is close to 3,000, with roughly 1,500 individual dwellings.[2]
Scorguie is home toMoray Firth Radio (MFR) station, established in 1982 as the Highland's first major radio station.[3] The neighbourhood also contains Muirtown Primary School, with high school students attendingCharleston Academy in neighbouringKinmylies.
