Kilmuir Easter

The Gaelic name for Kilmuir Easter is "Cill Mhoir" meaning the Church of Mary. This name possibly stems from an ancient chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In pre- Reformation times this chapel stood on the banks of the nearby Delny Burn, now the site of the Delny farm steading. Kilmuir Easter lies in a corner of Easter Ross ( see map below). Today the parish consists of neat cottages and comfortable farmhouses. Every so often you will find an imposing mansion. The cottages are surrounded by fertile fields, clustering woods, low hedges and gurgling burns. It is indeed a very pleasant area. However, a little over 100 years ago there were many areas of waste. The land was untrenched, undrained and unfenced, and the only roads were rough tracks. Today there are well-constructed roads running in every direction. Every corner of the parish is easily accessible by any sort of vehicle. Kilmuir slopes from the hills in the north to the shores of Cromarty Firth in the south. To the north-east is the Balnagown River, and to the west is the parish of Rosskeen. John Munro and Barbara Ross, and several of my ancestors, were born in Kilmuir Easter. I have written these lines to give you an idea of the area they came from. Below is a map of the area. Source: <