Logie-Easter, a parish of NE Ross and Cromarty, containing, near its eastern boundary, Nigg station, on the Highland railway, 7¾ miles NE of Invergordon and 20 NE of Dingwall. It is bounded N by Tain, E by Fearn, SE by Nigg, S by Kilmuir-Easter, and W by Eddertoun Its greatest length, from E to W, is 75/8
miles ; its breadth varies between ¾ mile and 45/8 miles; and its area is 10,5321/3 acres, of which 4791/3 are foreshore and 75 water. Balnagown river flows 83/8 miles eastward and south-eastward along all the Kilmuir-Easter boundary till it falls into Nigg Bay ; and eight tiny lochs are in the interior, Fine springs are numerous ; and the water of one of them was thought, when carried into the presence of a sick person, to change colour if he would die, and to remain clear if lie would get well. The surface rises gently east-north-eastward to 208 feet near Logiehill, 351 near Lamington, and 1238 near the western boundary. The predominant rock is Old Red sandstone; and the soil, in places a strong deep clay, in others is either a rich black mould or a light earth on a sandy irretentive bottom.
Several cairns on both sides of one of the burns are said to commemorate an ancient battle in which the Danes were routed by the Scotch. A gallows hill, towards the middle of the parish, and a deep small pond hard by, called Poll a' bhaid (' pool for drowning '), were places of capital punishment in the old days of hereditary jurisdiction. Mansions are Shandwick and Calrossie; and the property is divided among four. Logie-Easter is in the presbytery of Tain and the synod of Ross ; the living is worth £336. The parish church, 13/8 mile W by S of Nigg station and 1¼ NNE of the post-town, Parkhill, is a neat modern edifice, containing 700 sittings. There is also a Free church ; and two public schools, Logie Easter and Scotsburn, with respective accommodation for 102 and 75 children, had (1882) an average attendance of 60 and 26, and grants of £45, 14s. 6d. and £34, 3s. Valuation (1860) £3990, (1884) £5988, 3s. Pop. (1801) 1031, (1831) 934, (1861) 932, (1871) 912, (1881) 827.Ord. Sur. sh. 94, 1878.
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