Tain claims to be Scotland’s oldest royal burgh, granted its charter back in 1066. In the Middle Ages it was a busy pilgrimage town — kings among the visitors — drawn by the shrine of St Duthac, and the old collegiate church named for him still stands in the centre. Glenmorangie, one of the best-known Highland malts, is distilled just north of the town. Tain has its own stop on the Far North railway line.
