Easter Ross

Easter Ross (Scottish Gaelic: 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 constituency and a Scottish Parliament constituency. The two constituencies have however different boundaries.

Settlements

Places in Easter Ross include:[1]

Alness
Dingwall (included in some contexts in the term Easter Ross, though in some contexts it refers to the area to the north-east of Dingwall)
Evanton
Invergordon
Kildary
Milntown of Tarbat (Milton)
Portmahomack
The Seaboard villages:
Tain

Easter Ross is well known for Black Isle and its towns: Avoch, Rosemarkie, Fortrose, and Cromarty.[2]

See also

References

"Explore Easter Ross, Highlands of Scotland | LOCATION". Explore Easter Ross, Highlands of Scotland. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
"Scotland Itinerary Ideas: Black Isle and Easter Ross - Traveling Savage". Traveling Savage. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2018-11-02.

Traditional provinces and districts of Scotland

Major districts (former counties, provincial lordships and rural deaneries)

Minor districts

Insular districts
For smaller islands, usually districts in their own right, see List of Scottish islands

Islands of the Clyde	Arran Cumbrae
Islay	The Oa Rinns of Islay
Mull	Aros Ross of Mull
Skye	Duirinish Minginish Sleat Trotternish Waternish
Outer Hebrides	Harris (North Harris, South Harris) Lewis (The Lochs, West Side, Point, Back)
Orkney	Pomona Hoy and Walls Rousay Shapinsay South Ronaldsay Westray
Shetland	Mainland (Central Mainland, North Mainland, South Mainland, West Mainland) Fetlar Unst Whalsay Yell North Isles

Border areas
Debatable Lands East March Middle March West March

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