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Human settlement in Scotland
Edderton
Clach Biorach (The Pointed Stone). A Bronze-age stone with much later Pictish carvings.
Edderton is located in Ross and CromartyEddertonEddertonLocation within the Ross and Cromarty area
Population388 
OS grid referenceNH712844
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTain
Postcode districtIV19 1
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
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UK
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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 and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. 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.

The former Ardmore House was a home of the chiefs of clan Ross.

Balblair distillery off Station Road, Edderton, officially dates back to 1790 (but was distilling before then): in 1846, it was recorded that it consumed 120 bushels of malt weekly, producing 240 gallons of whisky, of very high repute. The distillery and village were served by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway from 1864 until Edderton railway station closed in 1960.

References

  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. "Edderton" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. "Ardmore House". Tain Museum. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. "Eaglesfield - Edenton Pages 349-361 A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland". British History Online. S Lewis, London 1846. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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