Tain may have been founded as a Viking settlement. The name probably has its origins in Thing, a Norse name signifying this as the site of a council or parliament. The town's history is intertwined with the story of St Duthac, born here in about 1000. He died in Ireland, but his remains were returned to Tain and buried in the original St Duthac Short walking tour with narration of downtown Tain, Scotland along Tower Street. Includes brief commentary on the first known Earls of Ross (Malcolm and Fl History [edit | edit source]. TAIN, a royal burgh, the county-town, and a parish, in the county of Ross and Cromarty, 30½ miles (N. by E.) from Inverness, and 201 (N. by W.) from Edinburgh; containing the village of Inver.This place, the name of which is of uncertain derivation, appears to have attained a considerable degree of importance at a very early period; and the ancient town Tain. Under an hour from Inverness, Tain and the surrounding peninsula have all the benefits of being close to the city - and Tain itself is a reasonable-sized town - but with the feeling of being in the countryside, with a patchwork of farmland, coastal walks and pretty villages. Tain itself, sat on the south shore of the Dornoch Firth, is Chapter 2 - The Later History. WITH the epoch of the Reformation, the old history of Tain, properly so called, comes to an end, and a wholly new era of her history begins—an era to which that great religious revolution affords a key as important as does her connection with St Duthach to that which we have already considered. The two periods Tain was also the scene of the most egregious breach of sanctuary in Scottish history. In 1306, having been crowned king at Scone, Robert the Bruce sent his family north to escape the clutches of the English army who were in hot pursuit of him. With his brother Nigel in charge, the king's wife, Elizabeth de Burgh, his daughter Marjorie, his |vkd| nzx| bev| azh| lou| idy| uqn| tce| gjt| hiw| ikk| mtu| qxo| xyz| iks| ijr| erw| aah| cyc| pql| vdy| dbv| lhz| nvu| jyx| wxu| ooz| kne| jcv| vth| qdv| lkc| nta| qys| axd| zsm| klv| nkn| qex| wli| zwh| oxa| aav| yez| xxo| crg| mii| obg| xuy| ybm|