Embo Point
Embo Point is a point in Highland Council, Scotland. Embo Point is situated nearby to the locality Hilton, as well as near the hamlet Embo Street.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 southwest of Embo Point.
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 southwest of Embo Point.
Coul Links
Grassland
Coul Links is an area of sand dunes in Sutherland, on the east coast of Scotland. It is located between Golspie and Dornoch, lying just to the north of the small village of Embo. Coul Links is situated 2 miles northwest of Embo Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Embo and Dornoch.
Embo
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Embo is a village in the Highland Council Area in Scotland and the former postal county of Sutherland, about two miles north-northeast of Dornoch.
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 southwest of Embo Point.
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. Camore is situated 3 miles west of Embo Point.
Embo Point
- Type: Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.9° or 57° 54′ northLongitude
-3.98333° or 3° 59′ westOpen location code
9C9RW228+2MGeoNames ID
2650011
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