Hilton of Cadboll, or simply Hilton, ( gd, Baile a' Chnuic) is a village about southeast of
Tain
Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Etymology
The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. Th ...
in
Easter Ross
Easter Ross ( gd, Ros an Ear) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland.
The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constitue ...
,
in the
Scottish council area of
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
. It is famous for the
Hilton of Cadboll Stone.
Hilton of Cadboll,
Balintore, and
Shandwick are known collectively as the
Seaboard Villages.
References
External links
History Website'' - online archive of the social history of the Seaboard Villages; Hilton, Balintore, and Shandwick
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Populated places in Ross and Cromarty
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