Evanton
Evanton is a small village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies between the River Sgitheach and the Allt Graad, is 24 kilometres north of Inverness, some 6.5 kilometres southwest of Alness, and ten kilometres northeast of Dingwall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castlecraig and Foulis Castle.
Castlecraig
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Castlecraig, also known as Craig Castle and Castle Craig, is a 16th-century fortification located on the north shore of the Black Isle in northern Scotland. Castlecraig is situated 2 miles southeast of Evanton.
Foulis Castle
Building
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Foulis Castle is situated two miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that incorporates an old tower house with gun loops. Foulis Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Evanton.
Fyrish Monument
Monument
Photo: David Maclennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill, in Fyrish in Evanton, near Alness, Easter Ross, Scotland, on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general. Fyrish Monument is situated 2 miles north of Evanton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullicudden and Alness.
Cullicudden
Locality
Cullicudden is an ancient village located close to the southeast shore of the Cromarty Firth, 2 miles northeast of Dingwall, on the west shore of the Black Isle in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Cullicudden is situated 3 miles east of Evanton.
Alness
Town
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Alness is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon three miles to the east, and the village of Evanton four miles to the southwest. Alness is situated 4 miles northeast of Evanton.
Dingwall
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dingwall is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population in 2020 of 5360. Its name derives from the Scandinavian Þingvöllr, a meeting-place, and it was once astride several transport routes.
Evanton
- Type: Village with 1,390 residents
- Description: village in Kiltearn parish, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.66331° or 57° 39′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.33747° or 4° 20′ 15″ westPopulation
1,390Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB EVTOpen location code
9C9QMM77+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 659994505OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Evanton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Evanton”
- Bulgarian: “Евантон”
- Cebuano: “Evanton”
- Dutch: “Evanton”
- French: “Evanton”
- German: “Baile Eòghainn”
- German: “Evanton”
- Irish: “Baile Eóghainn”
- Irish: “Baile Eòghainn”
- Italian: “Evanton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Evanton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Evanton”
- Norwegian: “Evanton”
- Russian: “Эвантон”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Eòghainn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Evanton”
- Spanish: “Evanton”
- Swedish: “Evanton”
- Welsh: “Evanton”
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