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.

[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).

[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.