Logie Easter
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Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
Area | 15.7 sq mi (41 km2) |
Population | 658 (2011) |
• Density | 42/sq mi (16/km2) |
Language | English |
OS grid reference | NH768749 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Tain |
Postcode district | IV18 0 |
Dialling code | 01862 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Logie Easter is a civil parish in Easter Ross in the Highland area of Scotland. It is bordered by the parishes of Edderton and Tain in the north and Fearn and Nigg in the east. The Balnagown River on the south forms the border with Kilmuir Easter. It extends about 7.5 miles (12.1 kilometres) from east to west. [1]
The name Logie is Gaelic for 'hollow' and probably the parish took this name because a previous parish church was sited at Marybank in a hollow or dell by the River Balnagown. [2] [3]
The parish is mainly rural with several areas of woodland. In the west of the parish, above Scotsburn, lies Scotsburn Wood, which contains a number of cairns, whch were almost certainly created to mark an ancient battle. [4] The land gently rises to 208 feet (63 metres) near Logie Hill in the eastern part of the parish, but further west near Lamington rises to 351 feet (107 metres). The highest part is along the western border, where Cnoc an t-Sabhail reaches 1,242 feet (379 metres). [2] [1] [5]
At the 2011 census, the population of the civil parish was 658. 2.8% had some knowledge of Gaelic. [6] A hundred years before, in 1911, 24.0% were Gaelic speaking (and 52.7% in 1881). [7] The area of the parish is 10,018 acres (15.7 sq mi; 40.5 km2). [8]
The parish was originally divided between the counties of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, but these counties were united in 1889. 1,807 acres (2.8 sq mi; 7.3 km2) were in Cromartyshire, part of an enclave around Tarbat House spanning Kilmuir Easter and Logie Easter. [9] The parish council was formed in 1895 with 7 elected members. [10] This was replaced by Invergordon District Council in 1930, which was made up of the parishes of Rosskeen, Kilmuir Easter and Logie Easter. The District Council had 7 members, 3 of whom were the County Councillors for area and 4 elected to the District Council from the parishes (Rosskeen had 2 members and the others 1 each). [11] [12] Since 1976, this has been superseded by the Kilmuir and Logie Easter Community Council, which covers the parish of Kilmuir Easter as well as Logie Easter. The community council has 8 members. [13]
Logie Easter is in the ward of Tain and Easter Ross of Highland council.
The Far North Line railway route passes through the eastern part of the parish, but Nigg railway station within the parish is closed. The nearest open stations are at Tain and Invergordon.
There is now a combined Church of Scotland parish for Kilmuir & Logie Easter which uses both the Kilmuir Easter and Logie Easter church buildings. [14]
The first church after the Scottish Reformation was built at Marybank (in a hollow) and was replaced by another building in the same place in 1767. In 1818 this was replaced by a church on Chapel Hill, one mile (1.6 km) north-east of Kildary. The United Free Church building was opened nearby in 1905 and, after the re-union with the Church of Scotland, it became the parish's main place of worship in 1948. The previous building was demolished in 1988. [2] [15] The parish is first recorded (other than minimal references) in 1497 when King James IV presented a new vicar for "Logy" (identified with Logie Easter) in the diocese of Ross. [3]
Cromarty is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland. Situated at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, it is 5 miles (8 km) seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 719.
Ross and Cromarty, also referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the latter of which is 8,019 square kilometres in extent. Historically there has also been a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, a local government county, a district of the Highland local government region and a management area of the Highland Council. The local government county is now divided between two local government areas: the Highland area and Na h-Eileanan Siar. Ross and Cromarty border Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south.
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Easter Ross is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland.
Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen.
Kildary is a small village in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.
Ross-shire is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting of numerous enclaves or exclaves scattered throughout Ross-shire's territory. Ross-shire includes most of Ross along with Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Dingwall is the traditional county town. The area of Ross-shire is based on that of the historic province of Ross, but with the exclusion of the many enclaves that form Cromartyshire.
Tarbat is a civil parish in Highland, Scotland, in the north-east corner of Ross and Cromarty.
Barbaraville is a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland. Housing dates from 1820 on when local people were allowed to build on packets of land from local estates at Balnagown, Tarbet and Polnicol. Comprising approximately 170 households, there has been recent expansion with the creation of a retirement village at Highland Park which has added some 50 households to the community all of which are occupied by people over the age of 55.
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Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, one mile southeast of Kildary and four miles northeast of Invergordon.
Kincardine is an extensive civil parish and Community council area on the south side of the Kyle of Sutherland, within the Highland unitary authority area of Scotland, the largest settlement being Ardgay.
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Scotsburn is a settlement located in the civil parish of Logie Easter, about one mile (1.6 km) west of Lamington and six miles (9.7 km) south-west of Tain, in Easter Ross, Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Nearby Scotsburn Wood contains a number of cairns, which were almost certainly erected to mark an ancient battle.