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 Edderton Cross Slab, a Class III Pictish stone, which lies in the old churchyard of the village. A quarter of a mile outside the town lies another stone, the Clach Biorach, a Class I Pictish stone.
Edderton
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Clach Biorach (The Pointed Stone). A Bronze-age stone with much later Pictish carvings. | |
Edderton Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| Population | 388 |
| OS grid reference | NH712844 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tain |
| Postcode district | IV19 1 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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