Edderton

Edderton

Edderton ( _gd. Eadardan) is a village near Tain, lying on the Dornoch Firth in the Tarbat peninsula, Easter Ross. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. It is the location of the Balblair Distillery, and of the Class III Pictish stone, the Edderton Cross Slab, which lies in the old churchyard of the village. A quarter of a mile outside the town lies another stone, the "Clach Biorach" or "Edderton symbol stone", a Class I Pictish stone.

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