The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland

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by Alistair Moffat


  Bebba, Queen of Anglia 139

  BEDE 193

  Bede 27, 94, 97, 98, 102, 107, 113, 122, 168, 181–2, 191–6, 198–9, 201–2, 206–7, 208

  on Aethelfrith of Bernicia 169, 170–71

  Caedmon, story of 232 (box)

  on conversion of Northumbria to Christianity 175

  on Cuthbert’s last days 214–17

  on Edwin on Northumbria 173

  monasteries, on expansion of 222–3

  Northumbrian domination of north, end of 210

  on Pictish power in the north 221–2

  pre-Christian sacred places, re-use of 226

  on Saxon uprisings 99–100

  De Temporum Ratione 228–9

  Belatucadros 126

  Belerion 15

  Beli, King of Strathclyde 247

  Belisarius 117

  Beltane Celtic feast 21

  Beltane in May 34

  Bennachie 64

  Berbers 46, 67

  Berkshire 49

  Bernicia (Bernaccia or Berneich) 5, 122, 123, 124, 131, 133, 139, 140, 141, 145, 163, 166, 167, 169, 178, 183, 202, 253, 257–9

  Deira and 171, 177

  Greater Bernicia 185

  lost knigdom, effect on Scotland of 237–8

  Berrybush 7

  Berwickshire 124, 154, 184, 202

  Bewcastle (Bothecaestor) 126, 226–8, 229–30, 231

  Birdoswald 71, 95

  Birkenwood 51

  Birley, Robin 31

  Birrens 23, 35, 50, 79, 127

  Biscay, Bay of 14, 46, 106

  Bishop, Benedict 181

  Black Death 225

  Black Sea 47, 83

  Blairlomond 240

  Blatobulgium 35, 50, 79

  Blebo (Bladeboig) 50

  Bohun, Sir Henry de 147

  Boisil, Abbot of Old Melrose 190–91, 195, 196

  Bolton 186

  BONEDD GWYR Y GOGLEDD 244

  Border Abbeys 179–80

  Border Reivers 168

  Borthwick Water 4

  Boudicca 84

  Bowness 24

  Brampton 23

  Bregion (Bremenium) 112, 114

  Bridei, King of the Picts 208, 221

  Brigantes 41, 49, 66, 67

  Britannia 22, 23, 28, 67, 68, 69, 79–81, 84, 86–90, 94, 96, 98, 101, 114, 188

  BRITISH CUCKOOS 115

  BRITISH GAULISH 57

  British Museum 200, 221

  Britons 29, 31, 47, 48, 68, 97, 103, 111, 121 (box), 159, 169, 171, 173, 210

  of Strathclyde 75, 78, 82, 239–40, 241, 243, 247

  BRITTANY AND AMESBURY 105

  Brittany (Armorica) 103

  Britttunculi 31

  Bruce, King Robert 47, 72, 147

  Brunanburh, battle of 254, 255–6 (box), 257

  bubonic plague (’great death’) 119–20

  Buckingham 253

  burial rituals 224–5

  Burnswark Hill 34, 35, 80

  Bute, Isle of 241

  Caddonlea 258–9

  Cademuir hill forts 154

  Cadwallon, King of Gwynedd 106, 176, 177, 197

  CAEDMON 232

  Caereni 78

  Caerleon 55, 91

  Cair Lion 111

  Cairncross 184

  Cairnryan 132

  Caithness 252

  Calchvynydd 73

  Caledonia (and Caledonians) 9, 29, 52, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 81–2, 84, 87

  Calgacus 64

  Caligula 26

  Callanish 21, 23

  Callendar Park 75

  Calpurnius 95

  Camberwell 106

  Camboglanna 116

  Camlann 115, 116

  Canna 108, 109, 178, 179

  Caracalla 85

  Cardoness 202

  Carham, battle of 9, 259

  Carlisle 22, 23, 24, 30–1, 35, 49, 93, 94, 95, 107, 124, 130, 132, 145, 208, 209

  CARLISLE, KING ARTHUR IN 131

  Carn na Marbh 225

  Carpow 84

  Carron River 242

  Carsluith 202

  Carthage 46, 117

  Cartimandua 41, 84

  Carvetii 30, 66, 93, 132, 145

  Carwinley (Caer Gwenddolau) 126

  Cassius, Dio 82, 84

  Castlesteads (Camboglanna) 116, 127

  Cat Bregion 111

  Cat Coit Celidon 111, 112

  Catraeth 145–7, 150, 157

  CATRAETH, LORDS OF 144

  The Catrail 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 44, 259

  Catrawt of Calchvynydd 168, 172

  Catterick 124, 138, 168, 185

  Causewayhead 51

  Celidon Wood 111

  Celtic armies 64, 65

  Celtic festivals 34

  Celtic kingdoms of southern Scotland 116

  Celyddon 130

  Cenel Conaill 183

  Ceolfrith, Abbot of Monkwearmouth 212, 218

  Ceredigion 101

  Ceretic 135

  Cerialis, Petilius 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 38, 41, 49, 53

  Charlemagne 166, 210, 211 (box), 249

  Chester (Deva) 69, 91, 100, 258

  battle of 171–2

  Chesterholm (Vindolanda) 23

  Cheviot Hills 4, 30, 41, 43, 49, 68, 69, 73, 113, 114, 123, 169, 174, 226, 237, 259

  Chlorus, Constantius 87

  Christianity 92, 93, 96, 105, 107, 109, 110, 146, 154

  early Christian churches and crosses 227–8

  links between sacred and temporal power 165–6

  religion of the Word 185

  Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland 257

  Chronicle of the Princes 250

  Cicero 219

  Ciminian Forest 29

  Cirencester 93, 253

  Clach an Truiseal 21

  Clach na Manau 9, 52

  Clach nam Breatann (“Stone of the Britons”) 239–40, 241, 243

  Clackmannanshire 9, 52

  Clan Chattan 9

  Clan McEachern 60

  Classis Britannica 63

  Claudius 24, 26, 27, 40

  Clemens, Quintilius 89, 96

  Clovis, King 161

  Clyde (Clota)

  Clyde Valley 72, 74, 75, 107, 242–3, 248–9, 252

  Firth of 51, 240–43

  River Clyde 89, 96

  Cnap na Criche 240

  Cocidius 126, 227

  Coel Hen 201, 244 (box)

  Coenwulf, King of Mercia 222

  Colchester 26, 27, 40, 49

  Coldingham, priory at 184, 202, 235

  Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne 203–4, 205

  Commodus 80, 81

  Coninia Stone 151, 152

  Connaught, Queen Medb of 58

  Constans 87

  Constantine, King of Alba 247–8, 251, 253–4

  Constantine III 90, 92, 93, 104

  Constantinople 118, 119

  Continental Celtic (P-Celtic) 43, 44, 45, 47, 56, 59, 75

  Cooley, Brown Bull of 58

  Corbridge 23, 30–1, 35, 49, 68, 80

  Corionototae 66

  Cornovii 101

  Coroticus 96, 243, 244

  Covenanters 151

  Cramond 83

  Kirk at 167–8

  Roman fort at 167–8

  Crawford 71

  Crinan 165

  Cruggleton 60

  Cuchulainn 58, 61, 64

  Culen, King of Alba 257

  Culloden 9

  Culross 189, 245, 246 (box)

  Cumberbatch 106

  Cumbraes 241

  Cumbria 30, 41, 106, 128, 251–2, 257

  Cunedda Wledig 100, 101, 112, 138

  Curle, Alexander 188

  Curle, James 67

  Cymru (Wales) 5, 106, 120, 177, 252

  Dacia 67, 69, 70

  Dalkey (Silumnus) 28

  Dalmatia 43

  Dalriada 165–7, 173, 221–2, 241, 250

  importation of luxuries 166–7

  Damnonii (Dumnonii) 74, 75, 88, 89
, 96, 242

  Danube 43, 69, 83

  DARK AGES RECESSION 102

  David, King of Israel 166, 249

  David I of Scotland 194

  Dawston 169

  Decianus, Catellius 89

  Dee River and Estuary 4, 5

  Degsastan (Degsa’s Stone) 5–6, 169, 170, 171, 191

  Deifr 131

  Deira, Angle kingdom of 5, 69, 128, 131, 145, 171, 178, 197, 198, 253

  Denisesburn, battle at 177–8, 197, 203

  Dere Street 35, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 80, 82, 114, 145, 168, 170, 233

  Deskford 76, 77, 78

  DESNES CRO 54

  Dicalydones 86

  Din Eidyn (Edinburgh Castle Rock) 6, 49, 145, 168, 185, 211

  Dionysius Exiguus 229

  Domesday Book 124, 252

  Domitian 37, 38, 39, 62

  Domnall Brecc, King of Dalriada 177, 242

  Donatus, Antonius 89

  Dorchester 253–4

  Dorren, David 241–2

  Dreva Craig 44

  Druids 224–5

  Drumalban (’Druim Albainn’) 178, 242

  Drumburgh 24

  Drumelzier (Dunmedler) 44

  Dryburgh Abbey 180

  Drythelm of Melrose 181–3, 182 (box)

  Duglas River 111

  Dumbarton Rock (Alt Clut) 74, 75, 189, 243–4, 244 (box), 245, 247, 250–51

  Dumfries (and Dumfriesshire) 54, 115, 132, 184, 202, 213, 245, 252

  Dumnonia 74, 121 (box)

  Dumyat (Dun of the Maeatae) 81

  Dun Breatainn 75

  Dunadd 165–7, 243

  Dunblane 9

  Dunkeld (Dun Chaillden) 81

  Dunmail Raise, battle of 257

  Dunnet Head 13

  Dunnichen, battle of 147, 208–9, 210, 221

  Dunnotar 252

  Dunragit (Dun-Rheged) 124, 132

  Durham Cathedral 191, 199–200, 207–8

  Dyfed 90

  Dyfnwal III, King of Strathclyde 257

  Dysart 108

  Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne 185, 191–2, 217, 218, 219–20, 221

  Eaglescairnie 154

  Eaglesham 154

  Ealdred, son of Eadwulf of Bamburgh 251

  Eamont Bridge 251–2

  Eanfled, Queen 203–4

  Eanfrith, brother of Aethelfrith 171, 177

  East Anglia 99

  East Linton (Lyneryngham) 185

  East Lothian 49, 76, 115, 154, 185, 186, 187, 190, 257

  East Poldar 51

  East Riding of Yorkshire 128

  Easter Aquhorthies 22

  EASTER TABLES 204

  Eastertide 203, 204 (box), 228–9

  Ebrauc 127, 128, 130, 131

  Ecclefechan 201

  Eccles 154

  Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Bede) 27–8, 94, 97, 168, 169, 176, 193 (box), 197, 226

  Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria 194, 206–8, 213, 221

  Ecgred, Bishop of Lindisfarne 179

  Eddius Stephanus 236

  Eden River (and Valley) 22, 30, 50, 94

  Edgar, King of England 257–8

  Edinburgh 69, 73, 138, 142, 145

  see also Din Eidyn

  Ednam 195

  Edward II 72

  Edwin, King of Northumbria (and Deira) 123, 131, 171, 172–6, 177

  Edwinscliff 233

  Egbert, Bishop of York 222

  Eildon, battle of 233

  Eildon Hill North 8, 49, 68, 69, 179

  Eldbotle 186

  Eltref 7

  Emrys Wledig 104

  Eormenburh, Queen 208, 209

  Epidii 60, 78

  Epidion Akron 60

  Epistola ad Acircium 212

  Esk River 24, 124, 126

  Eskdale Hills 31

  Estrahanent 31

  Ettrick Forest 4, 7, 42, 114

  Ettrick Pen 7

  Ettrick River (and Valley) 3, 6, 130

  Eugein 242

  Eutropius 26

  Fair Head 60

  Falkirk 75

  famine 118, 120, 233

  Farne Islands (Inner Farne) 208, 214–15, 217

  Fiachna, King of Ulster 139, 141

  Fife, Kingdom of 49–50, 52, 78, 108, 221, 240

  Flanders Moss 51, 145, 242

  Fordhead 51

  Forth (Bodotria), Firth of 49, 50, 51, 62, 73, 74, 82, 83, 116, 242

  Forth-Clyde isthmus 5, 41, 76

  Forth River (and Valley) 51, 107

  Fortingall, yew tree at 225–6

  Franks 86, 87, 115

  FREE LOVE IN FLAT HIGHLANDS 85

  Frisia (and Frisians) 115, 120

  Frontinus, Sextus Julius 38

  Fullofaudes 86, 88, 91

  Gaelic language 3, 9, 10, 22, 54 (box), 76, 98, 115, 135, 136, 159, 160 (box), 173, 180, 189, 196, 205, 237, 245

  Irish Gaelic 44, 115, 211–12

  Manx Gaelic 44, 115, 174

  Scots Gaelic 44, 45, 46, 144, 176, 211–12, 239, 240, 242, 253

  Gala Water 2, 116, 258

  Galashiels 1, 2

  Gallia Narbonensis 40, 43

  Galloway 53, 54, 55, 56, 106, 107, 124, 132, 242

  Gare Loch 241

  Gask Ridge 9, 52, 53

  Gatehouse of Fleet 202

  Gaul (and Gauls) 49, 57, 62, 86, 87, 90, 95, 96, 101, 103, 106, 107, 166

  GAULISH 57

  Gelliwig in Cornwall 55

  Genounia 66

  Germanianus 138, 139

  Germanic peoples 91, 100, 121, 128

  Gibbon, Edward 91

  Gildas 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 121, 128, 135, 142, 252

  Giric (9th century Scottish king) 3

  Gironde Estuary 14, 15

  Glasgow Cathedral 245

  Glen Falloch 239, 240

  Glen Lochy 241–2

  Gleni River (River Glen) 111, 113, 114

  Glenrath 42

  GNOMON 12

  Gododdin 133, 138, 142, 143, 145–6, 150–1, 159, 168–9, 172, 185, 188–9, 244–5, 244 (box)

  Gordianus 151

  Goths 91, 92, 117

  Govan Old Parish Church 248, 249–50

  Graham’s Dyke 76

  Great Moss (Moine Mhor) 165

  Green Faction 119

  Greenhead 95

  Greumaich 76

  Guallac, King of Yorkshire 135

  Guinnion Castle 111, 112, 116

  Gundestrup 77

  Gurness 26, 27

  Gwenddolau ap Ceidio 126, 127, 130

  Gwent 90, 251

  Gwrgi 128, 131

  Gwynedd 101, 120, 145, 146, 154, 176, 246, 250

  Gwyr Y Gogledd (’Men of the North’) 250

  Haddington 185–6, 190

  Hadrian 66, 73, 81, 226

  Hadrian’s Wall 5, 31, 35, 43, 55, 67–8, 71, 73, 76, 80–81, 87–8, 91, 94, 116, 126–7, 188

  Halton Chesters 80

  Hampshire 49, 121, 223

  Hatfield Chase, battle of 176, 177

  Hebrides (Hebudes) 12, 28, 29, 87

  Helvidius 38

  Hendry, Nina 241–2

  Henry Tudor 134

  Herbert, Terry 200 (box)

  Hercules, Pillars of 46, 47

  Herefrith 192, 214, 215, 216

  Hering, son of Hussa 167, 172

  Herodian 81

  Herodotus 13

  Hexham 30–31, 177

  High Rochester 68, 114

  HIGHLANDS, FREE LOVE IN FLAT SOCIETY 85

  Hilda, Abbess of Whitby 232 (box)

  Hildmer, Sheriff of King Ecgfrith 194

  The History of the Kings of Britain (Symeon of Durham) 234–5

  History of the Kings of England 259

  Hoddam, monestary at 200–201, 202

  Hogg, James 7

  Holy Loch 241

  Honorius 90, 91, 188

  Horrea 50

  Horsehope Craig 42, 43, 44, 155

  Housesteads 71, 91


  Hroc’s burh 6

  Hrothgar, King 6

  Hussa of Bernicia 167

  Hywel, King of the West Welsh 251, 252

  Hywel Da, King of the Welsh 253

  Ida of Bamburgh 122, 123, 124, 169, 234

  Imbolc Celtic festival 34

  Inchtuthil 69, 70, 71

  Innisfallen 118

  Inverurie 22

  Iona 17, 106, 166, 173, 175, 178, 179, 205

  founding community in 183–4

  Ireland (Hibernia) 28, 47–8, 56, 58, 118, 120, 167, 183, 185, 209, 236, 247, 254

  Irish people 44, 46, 47–8, 55–6, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 128, 141, 148, 169–71, 210

  Irish Sea 4, 5, 12, 16, 120, 236, 241, 248, 250

  Isle of Man 12, 16, 45, 167, 174, 248

  Isle of May 187 (box)

  Israel 46, 47

  Italy 117

  Jackson, K.H. 189

  Jacobite rebellions 63

  Jarrow, monastery at 27, 190, 193, 212, 218, 222, 227, 228, 229

  Jedburgh Abbey 179, 184, 194, 236

  Jeffrey, Alexander 191

  JERUSALEM 153

  Jesus Christ 178, 180, 183, 223, 229, 230, 231

  Jocelyn of Furness 189, 245

  John of Fordun 169–70, 177

  Julius Caesar 26, 57, 62, 78

  Justinian 117, 119, 120

  Jutes 97, 115

  Kames, Lord 51

  Kelso (and Kelso Abbey) 3, 8, 73, 138, 139, 146, 180, 194

  Kenneth II, King of Scots 257, 258

  Kenneth MacAlpine, King of Scots 249

  Kent 13, 99, 103

  Kerry, John 77

  Kilmartin, burial monuments at 165

  KING ARTHUR IN MERRIE CARLISLE 131

  Kintyre, Mull of 60, 62, 165

  Kirkcarswell 202

  Kirkcudbright 54, 191, 202

  Kirkhope Farm 151

  Kirkmartin (Kirkmadrine) 107

  Kirroughtree 202

  KNIFE AND SPEAR PEOPLE 97

  Krakatoa 118

  Kymry 106

  Lake of Menteith 50

  Lammermuir Hills 123, 190, 257

  Latin 93, 96, 98, 105

  Latinus 107

  Lauderdale 168, 170, 171

  THE LAW OF THE INNOCENTS 158

  Leader Valley 68, 69

  Leichestown 77

  Leinster 101

  Leith, Water of 168

  Leo III 166

  Lewis, Isle of 12 (box), 13, 20, 21, 29, 45

  Liber Vitae (Book of Life) 199–200, 234

  Liddell Strength 126

  Liddesdale 169

  Life of Cuthbert (Andoman of Iona) 166, 196–7, 198

  Life of Cuthbert (Bede) 191–6, 198–9, 214, 217

  Life of Kentigern (Jocelyn of Furness) 246

  Life of St Columba (Adomnan of Iona) 244

  Life of St Wilfred of Ripon (Eddius Stephanus) 200, 236–7

  Lindisfarne 139, 140, 178–9, 184, 191–2, 193, 199, 203, 205, 206–7, 210, 215–21, 228, 235–6, 244

  Viking raids on 234–6

  Lindisfarne Gospels 185, 207, 217–21, 228, 230

  Linton, Bernard de 47

  Llangirick 2, 3

  Lleyn Peninsula 100

  Lloegr 106, 128, 134

  Loch Fyne 240

  Loch Goil 240, 241

  Loch Lomond 52, 178, 239, 242, 243

  Loch Long 240, 241

 

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