Edderton Hill Long Cairn
Edderton Hill Long Cairn is an archaeological site in Highland Council, Scotland. Edderton Hill Long Cairn is situated nearby to the lake Loch Lapagial, as well as near the locality Balleigh.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clach Biorach and Dornoch Firth Bridge.
Clach Biorach
Archaeological site
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clach Chairidh, alternatively named Clach Biorach, is a Class I Pictish stone located in a field near the village of Edderton in Easter Ross. Clach Biorach is situated 2 miles northwest of Edderton Hill Long Cairn.
Dornoch Firth Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dornoch Firth Bridge is a road bridge over the Dornoch Firth, carrying traffic between Tain and Dornoch. Dornoch Firth Bridge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Edderton Hill Long Cairn.
Church of Scotland Parish Church, Edderton
Church
Photo: Alpin Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Scotland Parish Church, Edderton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Edderton Hill Long Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edderton and Balleigh.
Edderton
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edderton is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. Edderton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Edderton Hill Long Cairn.
Balleigh
Locality
Balleigh is a small village, 0.5 miles southeast of Edderton and 7 miles west of Tain, in eastern Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Balleigh is situated 2 miles west of Edderton Hill Long Cairn.
Tain
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tain is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso.
Edderton Hill Long Cairn
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.82221° or 57° 49′ 20″ northLongitude
-4.13148° or 4° 7′ 53″ westOpen location code
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