The Pitcalnie Rosses
An article packed with 18th-century history, written by Rosemary Mackenzie, from a talk she gave to the Inverness Highland Family Society in January 1989.
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Land Raid in Nigg 1922
Land Raids on Nigg Hill after local soldiers demand the government give "land to its defenders."
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Tain Waterloo Veteran- Shooting Extraordinary!!
An article from the John O’Groat Journal, October 1st 1868.
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Clan Ross and the Thistle
How the Earl of Ross instigated the last Norse invasion of Scotland, and the legend of the Scottish Thistle.
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'Roar like Lion'
An article from the Ross-shire Journal, 23rd August 1895, about one of "Tain's Worthies" John Banks.
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Shipwrecks and loss of Life at Tain, John O’Groat Journal, 8th December 1864
Article from the Newspapers on the tragic sinking of the Tain ship the 'Sarah' on the Gizzen Briggs.
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