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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “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, in Sutherland, Scotland, a little over 40 miles north of Inverness. As of 2021, the castle was operated as a family-run hotel with 24 rooms. Dornoch Castle is situated 2 miles east of Evelix.
Dornoch Cathedral
Church
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Dornoch is a town, seaside resort, 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″ northLongitude
-4.0773° or 4° 4′ 38″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
9C9QVWQF+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 736976067OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Evelix” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Evelix”
- Chinese: “艾威里克斯”
- Dutch: “Evelix”
- Irish: “Èibhleag”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Èibhleag”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Evelix”. Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.