Tain’s Horrible Histories - Janet nein Gibbie Gow
The story of Janet nein Gibbie Gow - a grim tale of witch trials and crimes of sorcery.
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Miss Rosa Williamson Ross of Pitcalnie
Miss Rosa Williamson Ross of Pitcalnie was a lady of great charm and wisdom with a deep knowledge of Scottish history and literature.
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French Privateer in the Cromarty Firth
An intriguing letter from our collection sent to David Ross of Balnagown at midnight on the 23rd of March 1709.
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The Glenlogan's Lady Doctor: Chieftainess of a Persian Tribe
While the Glenlogan was at Kowloon wharf on Saturday morning few people realised that she carried for the first time a lady doctor.
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Cardboard Leggings – Jockan (Jocky) MacCulloch.
An anecdote from our archives from James Findlay about Jockan MacCulloch.
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The Burning of St Duthac's Chapel
One of the most horrific incidents in Tain’s past occurred in 1427 when the Laird of Freswick, Alexander Mowat and his kinsmen were burned to death in the Chapel of St Duthac in Tain by Thomas Mackay of Creich.
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The Treaty of Auldearn, 1308
With his family still imprisoned in England his sister Mary still being held in a cage, King Robert met with their captor Earl William, at Auldearn, on the last day of October 1308.
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Royal Pilgrimage to Tain.
James IV of Scotland and his Pilgrimage's to the Shrine of St Duthac in Tain.
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Roderick Innes, 78th Foot, Tain.
Extract from The Life of Roderick Innes, Lately of H.M. Seventy-Eighth Regiment, written by Roderick Innes from Tain.
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