Cullen (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Cuilinn) is a village an former royal burgh in Moray, Scotland, on the North Sea coast 20 miles east of Elgin. It has a very long history for such a small place, and a remarkably well-documented one thanks to the Annals of the local Church of Scotland. His name means "The Black Jesus," and Cullen portrayed the Black Jesus in many of his paintings. These cover hundreds of years in some detail and summarised by Mr Crammond at the end of the 19th century. The village now has a population of 1,327 (2001) -it is noticeably busier in summer than winter due to the number of holiday homes owned. The organs of the wife of Robert the Bruce are said to have been buried in its old kirk (church) after her death in the area, and it contains many Templar graves, distinguished by distinctive skull and crossbones motif. Robert the Bruce made an annual payment to the village as a 'thank you' for the treatment of his wife's body and its return south for burial. <http://www.moraypresbytery.org.uk/churches/display.php?id=8> A recent non-payment of this sum by the government was challenged and settled to the village's favour. The village is famous for Cullen Skink, a traditional soup made from smoked haddock, milk, potato and onion, and its former railway bridges, two of which are now part of the national cycle network. These bridges were necessary at considerable cost due to resistance against the railway line being routed any closer to Cullen House. The most westerly, and by far the longest, viaduct is highly photogenic, and appears often in tourist guides and in Scottish calendars.