Tain Places

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Churches

Find out more about the St Duthus Collegiate Church and another interesting excerpt from Ye His Saints

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St Duthus Collegiate Church

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Commercial

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Blythswood Charity Shop

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Features

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The Alexandra Suspension Bridge

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Place Names of Tain Parish

This extract was taken, with the permission of the Trustees, from Prof. W.J. Watson’s – ‘Place Names of Ross and Cromarty’. The most recent edition of this work was published by HIGHLAND HERITAGE BOOKS Tir nan Oran, 8 Culcairn Road, Evanton IV16 9YT

Place Names of Ross and Cromarty p 32 onwards

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Place Names of Ross and Cromarty

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1939 to 1945
1939 to 1945
Detail from the 1919-1918 plaque - the figure of a kilted soldier with a rifle
Detail from the 1919-1918 plaque - the figure of a kilted soldier with a rifle
Detail from the 1914-1918 plaque - the figure of a scholar with a cloak, book, and stick
Detail from the 1914-1918 plaque - the figure of a scholar with a cloak, book, and stick
Detail from the 1939-1945 plaque - an aircraft.
Detail from the 1939-1945 plaque - an aircraft.
Detail from the 1939-1945 plaque - a naval vessel.
Detail from the 1939-1945 plaque - a naval vessel.
St Duthus Collegiate Church
St Duthus Collegiate Church
This church was built between 1370 and 1458 as the shrine of St Duthac. It stands near an earlier church the walls of which can still be seen. In medieval times the church was an important place of pilgrimage, its most famous visitor being James IV who came regularly from 1493 to 1513.
Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque
The old Church of St Duthus
The old Church of St Duthus
The Old Church of St Duthus.
The Old Church of St Duthus.
The Collegiate Church of St Duthac
The Collegiate Church of St Duthac
The Collegiate Church of St Duthac in Tain, Ross-shire, probably completed by 1460. Please read more on our website. Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.
Map showing various locations, referred to in the text, which are associated with Scotland's saints.
Map showing various locations, referred to in the text, which are associated with Scotland's saints.
Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.
Ye His Saints - cover of book
Ye His Saints - cover of book
Acknowledgment Thanks are due to Mrs Dorothy Haldane for permission to record excerpts from her late husband's book Ye His Saints.
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