Tain
Tain is a royal burgh and parish in the Region of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European origin significance 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, implies 'Duthac's community', after a regional saint likewise referred to as Duthus. Tain was provided its very first royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest royal burgh, memorialized in 1966 with the opening of the Rose Garden by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The 1066 charter, provided by King Malcolm III, confirmed Tain as a shelter, where individuals could declare the defense of the church, and an immunity, in which citizen merchants and investors were exempt from certain tax obligations. These caused the development of the community. Little is known of earlier history although the town owed much of its significance to Duthac. He was a very early Christian figure, probably 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had become so important by 1066 that it led to the royal charter. The ruined church near the mouth of the river was said to have been improved the site of his birth. Duthac ended up being an official saint in 1419 and by the late Middle Ages his temple was an important places of pilgrimage in Scotland. King James IV came at least yearly throughout his reign to attain both spiritual and political purposes. A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, supplied political and religious numbers to the community, consisting of the dissenter Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The very early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a shelter. Fugitives were by practice given sanctuary in several square miles noted by limit rocks. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his wife and little girl to the shelter for safety and security. The shelter was gone against as well as they were recorded forcibly devoted to William II, Earl of Ross who handed them over to Edward I of England The females were required to England as well as kept detainee for several years.
