Evelix

Evelix or Evelick is a village near Dornoch in south east Sutherland, Scotland. The River Evelix runs through it. Evelix is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Village
Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Èibhleag”, “Evelick”, and “Milltown of Evelix”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dornoch Castle and Dornoch Cathedral.

Dornoch Castle

Castle

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dornoch Castle is situated opposite Dornoch Cathedral in the town of Dornoch, Scotland. The castle is operated as a family-run hotel with 24 rooms. Dornoch Castle is situated 2 miles east of Evelix.

Dornoch Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church serving the small Sutherland town of Dornoch, in the Scottish Highlands. Despite its name, the church is no longer a cathedral as it is a church of the Church of Scotland but retains the name due… Dornoch Cathedral is situated 2 miles east of Evelix.

Skibo Castle

Castle

Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Skibo Castle is located to the west of Dornoch in the Highland county of Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Although largely of the 19th century and early 20th century, when it was the home of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, its origins go back much earlier. Skibo Castle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Evelix.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camore and Dornoch.

Camore

Hamlet

Camore is a small hamlet, located 0.5 mile directly southeast of Evelix, and 1.5 miles west of Dornoch, in south east Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Dornoch

Town

Photo: Dg-505, CC BY 3.0.

Dornoch is a seaside resort town, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east. Dornoch is situated 2 miles east of Evelix.

Rearquhar

Hamlet

Rearquhar is a township, which lies in the valley of the River Evelix, 4 miles northwest from Dornoch, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Rearquhar is situated 2 miles northwest of Evelix.

Evelix

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.88841° or 57° 53′ 18″ north

Longitude

-4.0773° or 4° 4′ 38″ west

Elevation

121 feet (37 metres)

Open location code

9C9QVWQF+93

OpenStreetMap ID

node 736976067

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2649848

Wikidata ID

Q2471062

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Evelix” goes by many names.

Basque: “Evelix”
Breton: “Èibhleag”
Chinese: “艾威里克斯”
Cornish: “Èibhleag”
Dutch: “Evelix”
Irish: “Èibhleag”
Manx: “Èibhleag”
Scottish Gaelic: “Èibhleag”
Scottish Gaelic: “Evelix”
Welsh: “Èibhleag”
Welsh: “Evelix”
“Èibhleag”
“Evelix”
“Evelix - Èibhleag”

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