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Shandwick
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Shandwick
Location within the Highland council area
OS grid reference NH857750
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Tain
Postcode district IV20 1
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Ambulance Scottish
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57°45′01″N3°55′14″W / 57.7503°N 3.92066°W / 57.7503; -3.92066
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Shandwick Stone

Shandwick (Scottish Gaelic : Seannduaig), a village near Tain in Easter Ross, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland, Scotland.

Hilton, Balintore, and Shandwick are known collectively as the Seaboard Villages. It is well known because of the nearby Clach a' Charridh or Shandwick Stone, a Class II Pictish stone.


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