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Easter Ross () is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross,
Easter Ross () is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland
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, Scotland
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The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons
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constituency and a Scottish Parliament
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constituency. The two constituencies have however different boundaries.
Settlements
Places in Easter Ross include: *Alness
Alness (, ; ) is a town and civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon to the east, and the village of Evanton to ...
* Dingwall
Dingwall (, ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland.
Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north ...
(included in some contexts in the term ''Easter Ross'', though in some contexts it refers to the area as Mid Ross)
* Evanton
* Invergordon
Invergordon (; or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen.
History
The town built up around the harbour which was established in 1828. The area ...
* Kildary
* Milntown of Tarbat (Milton)
* Portmahomack
* The Seaboard villages:
** Balintore
** Hilton of Cadboll
** Shandwick
* 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 ...
Easter Ross is well known for its towns: Tain, Invergordon, Alness and Dingwall.
See also
* Black Isle *Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty (), is an area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In modern usage, it is a registration county and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. Between 1889 and 1975 it was a Shires of Scotland, county.
Historical ...
* Ross-shire
Ross-shire (; ), or the County of Ross, was a county in the Scottish Highlands. It bordered Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire, a county consisting of numerous enc ...
* Wester Ross
Wester Ross () is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland. The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, but is generally regarded as lying to th ...
References
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