Edderton

Edderton
Scottish Gaelic: *Eadardan*
Edderton Scottish Gaelic: Eadardan;
	"Clach Biorach" (The Pointed Stone), Ardmore A striking Bronze-age stone, with much later Pictish carvings.
	Edderton Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
Population	388
OS grid reference	NH712844
Council area	Highland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Tain
Postcode district	IV19 1
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross;
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross;
	List of places UK Scotland 57°49′52″N 4°10′13″W / 57.83114°N 4.17026°W

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.

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.

External links

Edderton.com

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[1] "Edderton". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

[2] Microsoft; Nokia (23 March 2017). "Edderton" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

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