Tain

Tain is a Town in the county of Highland.

Tain postcode: IV19 1AB

Retail in Tain

There are great places to visit near Tain including some great towns, mountains and lakes.

The area close to Tain boasts some of the best towns including Fort William.

There are a number of mountains near to Tain including Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis).

Lakes to visit near Tain include Loch Linnhe.

Tain History

There are some historic monuments around Tain:

Davochfin,chambered cairn 700m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM5493
Drumdivan,hut circle 700m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM3802
Lamington Park, long cairn 950m E of Lochan a'Chlaidheimh Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM3129
Scotsburn Wood, chambered cairn 550m NNE of Scotsburn House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM2914
Evelix Bridge,chambered cairn SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1789
Carn Liath,long cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4752
Earl's Cross, carved stone, Dornoch Crosses and carved stones: sculptured stone (not ascribed to a more specific type) SM7672
Redburn Cottage,long cairn 880m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM4763
RAF Tain, tracked target range 185m NW of 20th Century Military and Related: Miscellaneous SM13653
Marybank,church & site of chapel 230m SE of Ecclesiastical: chapel SM3755
Tarlogie Farm,dun 800m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM4959
King's Causeway,road 900m N of Grantfield Secular: road SM3751
Camore Wood, settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM5898
Scotsburn Wood, cairn 910m ENE of Scotsburn House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM2916
Dornoch Cathedral, graveyard Crosses and carved stones: sculptured stone (not ascribed to a more specific type); Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM10828
St Duthus's Chapel, Tain Ecclesiastical: chapel SM3753
Red Burn, chambered cairn 500m S of Redburn Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM2395
Provost`s Well,hut circles & field system 150m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system SM4743
Broomhill training trenches, 100m WNW of Breezy Brae 20th Century Military and Related: Pits, trenches (defensive) SM13641
Carn an Fheidh, long cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM5483
Embo Street,cairn SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1788
Scotsburn Wood,chambered cairn 820m NE of Scotsburn House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM2915
Proncy, hut circle 330m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM5573
Drumdivan,standing stone 400m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1786
Grannie's Heilan Hame, chambered cairn 30m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM5975
Tain, remains of old parish church and burial ground Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM2803
Nigg Church, Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab Crosses and carved stones: symbol stone SM1680
Drumdivan,hut circle 500m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM3801
Dornoch Mercat Cross Crosses and carved stones: market cross SM10835
Provost's Well,homestead & enclosure 550m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4760

Places to see near Tain

Towns near Tain

Mountains near Tain

Lakes near Tain

History of Tain

The early Duthac Chapel was the centre of a sanctuary. Fugitives were by tradition given sanctuary in several square miles marked by boundary stones. During the First War of Scottish Independence, Robert the Bruce sent his wife and daughter to the sanctuary for safety. The sanctuary was violated and they were captured by forces loyal to William II, Earl of Ross who handed them over to Edward I of England The women were taken to England and kept prisoner for several years.

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