A strange sound at Nigg
A report in the newspaper from April of 1842 tells of "Strange Sound" being heard at Nigg a place infamous for its death lights, wraiths and mysterious noises that were often said to foretell "a drowning."
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Janet Ross the Dowager Lady Lovat
A short account of the life of Janet Ross the Dowager Lady Lovat (c 1510-1565)
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James Ross of Sudbury
A short account of the life of James Ross a prisoner from the Battle of Worcester who was sold at auction in Boston, New England, in 1652.
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The Battle of Culrain
On the 2nd of March, 1820, attempts to serve the tenants of Culrain with notices of removal broke out into violence. Although obviously biased this letter ‘from a correspondent in Tain’ gives us some details of the incident.
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Free Church Masonic Ceremony
An article from the John o' Groat Journal describes the masonic ceremony carried out while laying the foundation stone of the old Free Church in Tain in late August of 1843.
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REMAINS FROM THE TAIN SAND-DUNES
A paper read by Mr Hugh Miller on a series of remains from certain ploughed lands long buried under the sand dunes of the Fendom, near Tain, Ross-shire.
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