Easter Ross

Easter Ross (Ros an Ear in Scots Gaelic) 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.

Places in Easter Ross include:

• 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:
  • Balintore
  • Hilton of Cadboll
  • Shandwick
• Tain

The area has quite a distinctive accent, and is well known for its heavy use of the word "bey" (boy).

See also

• Black Isle
• Ross and Cromarty
• Ross-shire
• Wester Ross