Elphin, Highland

Elphin
Scottish Gaelic: *Ailbhinn*
Elphin Scottish Gaelic: Ailbhinn;
	Elphin Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC212111
Civil parish	Assynt;
Council area	Highland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ullapool
Postcode district	IV27 4
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
	List of places UK Scotland 58°03′12″N 5°01′50″W / 58.053231°N 5.030673°W

Elphin (Scottish Gaelic: Ailbhinn, which possibly derives from a combination of Norse and Gaelic, Fjell (cliff or rock) + Fionn (bright)) is a crofting township in Assynt, in the Sutherland area of Highland in Scotland.^[1] It lies about 15 miles (24 km) north of Ullapool. The village contains a telephone box, a post box, a tearoom, a Scottish Mountaineering Club Hut, Grampian Speleological Group Hut, a small caravan site and many self-catering options. Assynt Primary School closed in 2001, and the building is now a community hall operated by Elphin Ledmore and Knockan Community Association Limited. The township now has its own website, see external links.

Knockan Crag is about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Elphin and Loch Veyatie is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the north west.

Notable people

Rev Prof G. N. M. Collins DD, twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland was raised in Elphin

References

^ "Elphin". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

External links

[1] "Elphin". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

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