Tain
Tain is an imperial burgh as well as parish in the Area of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The name stems from the neighboring River Tain, the name of which originates from an Indo-European root definition 'flow'. The Gaelic name, Baile Dubhthaich, means 'Duthac's community', after a neighborhood saint additionally referred to as Duthus. Tain was provided its initial 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, verified Tain as a shelter, where people could claim the defense of the church, as well as an immunity, in which homeowner merchants and traders were exempt from particular tax obligations. These resulted in the growth of the town. Little is known of earlier history although the town owed much of its significance to Duthac. He was an early Christian figure, possibly 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had actually ended up being so vital by 1066 that it led to the royal charter. The spoiled church near the mouth of the river was claimed to have actually been improved the site of his birth. Duthac ended up being an official saint in 1419 and also by the late Middle Ages his shrine was a vital places of trip in Scotland. King James IV came at the very least annually throughout his regime to attain both spiritual and also political purposes. A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, provided political and also spiritual figures to the town, consisting of the dissenter Rev John Munro of Tain (died ca. 1630). The early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a haven. Fugitives were by practice given sanctuary in several square miles noted by limit rocks. Throughout the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his better half and also child to the refuge for security. The sanctuary was broken and they were captured forcibly devoted to William II, Earl of Ross that handed them over to Edward I of England The women were required to England as well as kept prisoner for a number of years.