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Nairn, its only town
- The County of Nairn, or Nairnshire, (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Narann) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county was named after Nairn, its only town.
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The County of Nairn, or Nairnshire, (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Narann) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county was named after Nairn, its only town.
The town of Nairn stands on the border between the traditionally Gaelic Scottish Highlands and the English-speaking North Sea coast, and at one time Gaelic was spoken in the town’s southwest end and English at its northeast end.
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Apr 9, 2014 · Nairnshire. Nairnshire got its name from the River Nairn, once known as the River Narann. The exact meaning of the river’s name is unknown. Orkney. The Orkney Islands were given their name by the Vikings, whose word for island was ey. The orkn part of the name means “seal” (and sort of sounds like one too!) So, the Orkney Islands are the ...
An ancient county and earldom of northern Scotland, Nairn (occasionally Nairnshire) was the fourth smallest county at 164 sq. miles (424 sq. km). It lies between Inverness-shire and Moray, with the Moray Firth to the N. Its chief town was Nairn and its principal river is the Nairn.
The true origin and founding of the town of Nairn is unknown, it is believed from the Narmin of Boece that it was here that Sigurd, Earl of Orkney built his burg in the latter part of the 9th century named Ekkailsbakki at the mouth of the Findhorn river when its mouth was where the Old Bar area of Nairn is now located. This is located within ...
Its possible founding under the name Ekkailsbakki by Sigurd, Earl of Orkney, its royal burgh status under David I, its strong links to monarchs and regents of Scotland and its strategic position in multiple wars and famine.
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"NAIRN, a parish, containing a royal burgh and post-town of its own name, also the village of Seatown-of-Delnies, on the coast of Nairnshire. It is bounded on the north by the Moray firth, and on other sides by the parishes of Auldearn, Calder, and Ardersier.
