Edderton () is a village near
Tain
Tain ( ) is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland.
Etymology
The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The Gaelic n ...
, lying on the shores of the
Dornoch Firth,
Easter Ross and is in the
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally, ''upland'' refers to a range of hills, typically from up to , while ''highland'' is usually reserved for range ...
council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. It is the location of the
Balblair Distillery, and of the
Edderton Cross Slab, a Class III
Pictish stone, which lies in the old churchyard of the village. A quarter of a mile outside the town lies another stone, the ''
Clach Biorach'', a Class I Pictish stone.
The former Ardmore House was a home of the chiefs of
clan Ross.
Balblair distillery off Station Road, Edderton, officially dates back to 1790 (but was distilling before then): in 1846, it was recorded that it consumed 120 bushels of malt weekly, producing 240 gallons of whisky, of very high repute.
The distillery and village were served by the
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway from 1864 until
Edderton railway station closed in 1960.
References
External links
Edderton.com
Populated places in Ross and Cromarty
Parishes in Ross and Cromarty
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