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, Scotland. The castle is 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

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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 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′ north

Longitude

-3.98333° or 3° 59′ west

Open location code

9C9RW228+2M

GeoNames ID

2650011

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Localities in the Area

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