Elphin, Sutherland
| Elphin Gaelic: Ailbhinn | |
| Sutherland | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NC212111 |
| Location: | 58°3’12"N, 5°1’50"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ullapool |
| Postcode: | IV27 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
Elphin is a crofting township in the parish of Assynt in Sutherland, adjacent to the border with Cromartyshire. It lies about 15 miles north of Ullapool in the latter county. The village contains a telephone box, a post box, a tearoom, a Scottish Mountaineering Club Hut, Grampian Speleological Group Hut, a small caravan site and many self-catering options. Assynt Primary School closed in 2001, and the building is now a community hall operated by Elphin Ledmore and Knockan Community Association Limited. The name is from the Gaelic Ailbhinn, which possibly derives from a combination of Norse and Gaelic, Fjell (cliff or rock) + Fionn (bright).
Knockan Crag is about two miles south of Elphin and Loch Veyatie is about half a mile to the north-west.
Notable People
- Rev. Prof. G.. M. Collins DD, twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland was raised in Elphin.
