Tain
Tain is a royal 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 originates from an Indo-European origin significance 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, indicates 'Duthac's town', after a neighborhood saint also known as Duthus. Tain was granted its initial royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's earliest 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, verified Tain as a shelter, where individuals might declare the security of the church, as well as a resistance, in which resident merchants and also investors were exempt from particular taxes. These led to the development of the community. Little is known of earlier background although the town owed much of its significance to Duthac. He was a very early Christian figure, perhaps 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had actually come to be so vital by 1066 that it caused the imperial charter. The messed up 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 shrine was an important areas of pilgrimage in Scotland. King James IV came with the very least once a year throughout his power to attain both spiritual and political objectives. A leading landowning family members of the location, the Clan Munro, provided political and religious numbers to the town, including the skeptic Rev John Munro of Tain (passed away ca. 1630). The early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a refuge. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in a number of square miles marked by border stones. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his wife and also little girl to the refuge for safety. The sanctuary was violated as well as they were caught by forces loyal to William II, Earl of Ross that handed them over to Edward I of England The women were taken to England and kept prisoner for several years.