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Tain, Castle Brae, St Duthus's Church

Church (14th Century) - (15th Century)

Site Name Tain, Castle Brae, St Duthus's Church

Classification Church (14th Century) - (15th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Tain, Castle Brae, St Duthus Parish Church; Tain, Old Parish Church

Canmore ID 14707

Site Number NH78SE 34

NGR NH 78039 82169

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Tain
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH78SE 34 78039 82169

For (adjacent) Collegiate Church of St Duthac (Duthus) to the NW, see NH78SE 3.

The (roofless) restored remains of what was probably the original parish church, dedicated to St Duthus (Duthac) stand to the SE of the Collegiate Church (NH78SE 3). It was built at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1896-7; RCAHMS 1979; J Close-Brooks 1986.G Stell 1986.

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Field Visit (September 1977)

Tain, Church NH 780 821 NH78SE 3

The restored remains of what was probably the original parish church stand to the SE of the Collegiate Church (no. 240). Dedicated to St Duthus, it is apparently of 15th-century date or earlier.

RCAHMS 1979, September 1977

(MacGibbon and Ross 1896-7, ii, 539-42)

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