Tain Places

Attribution: unknown (Procession in High Street for Diamond Jubilee 1897)

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

Find out more about the commercial premises in Tain

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Blythswood Charity Shop

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Features

Find out about the wide range of features: from the Gallow Hill to the Murray Monument.

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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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The Fendom looking East
Top of Tain Hill
Trees lost due to erosion
Warning signs at the start of the bombing range
Some of the wartime buildings that dot the Fendom (Land and Marine)
Western part of the Fendom
Eroded dune on NW edge of Morrich More
All that remains of George Small's efforts
The Irish navvies' handiwork
Latest defence against erosion
Lochan Uaine with slopes of Cnocan t-Sabhail in background
Map of the Dornoch Firth showing the local topography
Part of the Morrich More wasteland
Plain of Ross
The raised beach scarp immediately east of Tain
The raised beach scarp immediately east of Tain
The stone gabions built to protect the Alps green
Site of Tain on the raised beach and at the foot of Tain Hill
The Fendom looking East
Top of Tain Hill
Trees lost due to erosion
Warning signs at the start of the bombing range
Some of the wartime buildings that dot the Fendom (Land and Marine)
Western part of the Fendom
Eroded dune on NW edge of Morrich More
All that remains of George Small's efforts
The Irish navvies' handiwork
Latest defence against erosion
Lochan Uaine with slopes of Cnocan t-Sabhail in background
Map of the Dornoch Firth showing the local topography
 
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