Edderton
Edderton (Scottish Gaelic: Eadardan) is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland.[1][2] It has approximately 388 inhabitants. It is the location of the Balblair Distillery, and of the Class III Pictish stone, the Edderton Cross Slab, which lies in the old churchyard of the village. A quarter of a mile outside the town lies another stone, the Clach Biorach or "Edderton symbol stone", a Class I Pictish stone.
Edderton
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%2C_Ardmore_-_geograph.org.uk_-_915406.jpg) "Clach Biorach" (The Pointed Stone), Ardmore A striking Bronze-age stone, with much later Pictish carvings. | |
  Edderton Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH712844 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tain |
| Postcode district | IV19 1 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
One side of the Edderton cross slab, which lies in the old village church.
References
- "Edderton". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- Microsoft; Nokia (23 March 2017). "Edderton" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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