Tain
Tain is a royal burgh and parish in the Region of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name originates from the nearby River Tain, the name of which originates from an Indo-European root definition 'circulation'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, indicates 'Duthac's town', after a local saint likewise known as Duthus. Tain was given its very first imperial charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest royal burgh, celebrated in 1966 with the opening of the Rose Garden by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The 1066 charter, provided by King Malcolm III, validated Tain as a shelter, where individuals could declare the defense of the church, as well as an immunity, in which homeowner sellers and also traders were exempt from particular taxes. These resulted in the growth of the town. Little is known of earlier background although the town owed much of its significance to Duthac. He was an early Christian figure, possibly 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had come to be so vital by 1066 that it resulted in the royal charter. The wrecked church near the mouth of the river was claimed to have been built on the site of his birth. Duthac came to be an official saint in 1419 and by the late Middle Ages his shrine was a crucial locations of expedition in Scotland. King James IV came at least yearly throughout his reign to accomplish both spiritual and also political purposes. A leading landowning family members of the location, the Clan Munro, offered political and also religious numbers to the town, including the skeptic Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The early Duthac Church was the centre of a sanctuary. Fugitives were by practice given sanctuary in numerous square miles marked by limit stones. Throughout the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his partner and also little girl to the sanctuary for safety and security. The refuge was gone against and also they were recorded by forces devoted to William II, Earl of Ross that handed them over to Edward I of England The females were required to England as well as maintained detainee for a number of years.
