Tain
Tain is an imperial burgh as well as 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 root definition 'circulation'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, indicates 'Duthac's town', after a neighborhood saint likewise referred to as Duthus. Tain was granted its initial royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest royal burgh, commemorated 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 people might claim the protection of the church, and also a resistance, in which citizen sellers as well as traders were exempt from specific tax obligations. These brought about the growth of the town. Little is understood of earlier background although the community owed a lot of its significance to Duthac. He was a very early Christian number, possibly 8th or 9th century, whose temple had ended up being so essential by 1066 that it resulted in the royal charter. The ruined chapel near the mouth of the river was claimed to have been improved the site of his birth. Duthac came to be an official saint in 1419 and also by the late Middle Ages his shrine was an important areas of pilgrimage in Scotland. King James IV came with least annually throughout his reign to achieve both spiritual and political purposes. A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, gave political and spiritual figures to the town, consisting of the skeptic Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a haven. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in several square miles noted by limit stones. Throughout the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his spouse and child to the sanctuary for safety and security. The shelter was broken as well as they were caught by forces devoted to William II, Earl of Ross who handed them over to Edward I of England The women were required to England and maintained prisoner for several years.
