Edderton

Edderton
Scottish Gaelic: Eadardan
Edderton
 Edderton shown within the Highland council area
OS grid referenceNH712844
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Tain
Postcode district IV19 1
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentCaithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish ParliamentCaithness, Sutherland and Ross
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 57°49′52″N 4°10′13″W / 57.83114°N 4.17026°W / 57.83114; -4.17026

One side of the Edderton cross slab, which lies in the old village church.

Edderton (Scottish Gaelic: Eadardan) is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross. 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.

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