Tain
Tain is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Tain is situated nearby to the hamlet Bowermadden, as well as near the locality Newton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Heilen.
Loch Heilen
Photo: Peter Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Heilen is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet in Caithness, Scotland. St. John's Loch and Loch Heilen are the two largest lochs in the parish. It is about two miles inland from Dunnet Bay to the west, which is on the north coast of Scotland. Loch Heilen is situated 2 miles northeast of Tain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reaster and Bower.
Reaster
Hamlet
Reaster is a settlement in the civil parish of Bower, Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. It is near to the site of a former GCHQ monitoring station, which was decommissioned in 1978. Reaster is situated 2 miles east of Tain.
Bower
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bower is a village and civil parish in Highland, Scotland It is 10 miles from Thurso and around 11 miles from Wick. Bower is served by Wick, Thurso and Castletown for shopping, taxis and post offices. Bower is situated 2 miles south of Tain.
Castletown
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castletown is a village on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland, situated near Dunnet Bay. It is within the civil parish of Olrig, where it is the main settlement, and within the historic county of Caithness. Castletown is situated 3 miles northwest of Tain.
Tain
- Type: Locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.5726° or 58° 34′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.32103° or 3° 19′ 16″ westElevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
9CCRHMFH+2HGeoNames ID
13282702
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