Tain
Tain is an imperial burgh and also parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name stems from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root definition 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, means 'Duthac's town', after a local saint additionally called Duthus. Tain was approved its first royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's earliest royal burgh, honored in 1966 with the opening of the Rose Garden by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The 1066 charter, granted by King Malcolm III, verified Tain as a haven, where people can claim the defense of the church, as well as an immunity, in which homeowner vendors as well as traders were exempt from particular taxes. These resulted in the advancement of the town. Little is understood of earlier background although the town owed much of its importance to Duthac. He was an early Christian figure, possibly 8th or 9th century, whose temple had actually become so crucial by 1066 that it caused the royal charter. The wrecked church near the mouth of the river was claimed to have actually been built on 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 expedition in Scotland. King James IV came with the very least annually throughout his reign to attain both spiritual and political aims. A leading landowning household of the location, the Clan Munro, gave political and religious figures to the community, including the dissenter Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The very early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a haven. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in a number of square miles marked by limit stones. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his better half and also daughter to the shelter for safety and security. The shelter was gone against and they were recorded forcibly faithful to William II, Earl of Ross who handed them over to Edward I of England The females were taken to England and also kept prisoner for a number of years.
