Tain

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Tain is a historic town in the Highlands of Scotland, known as one of the country’s oldest royal burghs and a regional administrative and judicial center.

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Tain canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal burgh
town
category Populated places in Ross and Cromarty
Royal burghs
Towns in Highland
country Scotland
dialingCode +44 1862
distanceToInverness about 35 miles north
economicActivity tourism
whisky production
function regional administrative centre
regional judicial centre
governingCouncilArea Highland Council
hasCoastline Dornoch Firth coast
hasDistillery Glenmorangie distillery
hasEducationalInstitution Tain Royal Academy
hasGolfCourse Tain Golf Club
hasHarbour Tain harbour
hasHistoricCharter medieval royal charter
hasLocalGovernmentHistory former burgh in Ross and Cromarty
hasMuseum Tain Through Time museum
hasParishChurch St Duthus Collegiate Church
hasPrimarySchool Knockbreck Primary School
hasRailwayStation Tain railway station
hasReligiousSignificance medieval pilgrimage centre of St Duthac
hasStatus royal burgh
historicCounty Ross-shire
isOneOf oldest royal burghs in Scotland
language English
Scottish Gaelic
latitude 57.81N (approximate)
locatedIn Great Britain
Scottish Highlands
surface form: Highland

Ross and Cromarty
Scottish Highlands
United Kingdom
locatedNear Dornoch
Inverness
locatedOnBodyOfWater Dornoch Firth
longitude -4.06W (approximate)
namedAfter Saint Duthac
parliamentaryConstituency Caithness
surface form: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
postalArea IV19
railwayLine Far North Line
region Easter Ross
roadAccess A9 road NERFINISHED
scottishParliamentConstituency Caithness
surface form: Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

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