The Faded Map: The Lost Kingdoms of Scotland

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by Alistair Moffat


  Loch Rog nan Ear 21

  Loch Ryan (Rerigonium) 54, 56, 57, 59, 132

  Lochmaben 31, 34

  Lochmaben Stane 22, 23, 24

  De Locis Sanctis (Adomnan of Iona) 212–13

  Locus Maponi 23

  Lomond mountains (and Ben Lomond) 50, 239, 240

  London 93, 100, 106, 133, 207, 221

  Longtown (Arthuret or Arderydd) 124

  LORDS OF CATRAETH 144

  Los Alamos National Laboratory 117, 118

  Lothians 49, 185, 190, 213

  see also East Lothian; West Lothian

  Lughnasa Celtic festival 34

  Lugi people 78

  Luguvalium 22, 132

  Lupus, Virius 81, 82

  Lwyddog, Elen 90

  Mac Each Thighearna 60

  McBean, Gillies 9

  Macbeth 259

  Macsen Wledig 90, 91, 244 (box)

  Maeatae 81, 82, 84

  Mael Umai macBaetain 167, 171

  Maelgwn 120

  Mag Slebe 61

  Malcolm, King of Cumbria 258

  Malcolm Canmore 259

  Malcolm II, King of Scots 258–9

  Malcolmisrode (Via Regis) 73

  Man (Monapia) 28

  Manau, kingdom of 9, 52, 59, 81, 89, 133

  Manau-Gododdin 52, 100, 101

  Manor Valley 42, 44, 151–5, 158–9

  Mapon/Maponus 23, 24

  Maporitum 24

  Marazion 15

  Marcellinus, Ammianus 86, 87, 89

  Marcellus, Ulpius 80

  Marchidun 6, 90

  Mare Cronium 29

  Marmoutier 106, 107

  Marseilles (Masillia) 11, 12, 14, 15

  Maryport 55, 56

  Mauricius 38

  Mavorius 107

  Maximus, Magnus 90, 99, 101, 104

  Mediterranean 14, 18, 26, 46, 48, 83, 106, 117, 120

  Medraut (Mordred) 116

  Meirionydd 101

  Mela, Pomponius 24, 25, 26

  Melrose 67, 73

  see also Old Melrose

  Melrose Chronicle 257

  Mercia 4, 177, 198–9, 200 (box), 206, 214, 222, 233, 234, 251, 252, 254, 255

  MERCIAN GOLD 200

  Merlin (Myrddin) 44, 127, 130, 131

  Mictis (St. Michael’s Mount) 29

  Midlem 6

  Minerva 93

  Minnigaff 202

  Moffatdale Hills 31

  Molendinar Burn (’Mill Burn’) 245, 248

  Mona (Anglesey) 28

  Monkwearmouth 181, 212, 228

  Monmouth, Geoffrey of 131

  Mons Graupius 39, 64, 65, 67, 70, 78, 81

  Montrose (and Montrose basin) 52, 83

  MORAY, KINGDOM OF 10

  Moray Firth 9, 10, 85

  Morcant Bwlc 135, 138–40, 141, 178, 244

  More, St Thomas 182, 182 (box)

  Morham in East Lothian 186

  Morris, John 135, 136, 137

  MORTIFICATION OF THE FLESH 182

  Mote of Mark 60

  Mull of Galloway 12

  MUNGO’S MIRACLES 246

  Myot Hill 81

  names and origins 176

  Narbonne 14, 92

  Narcissus 26

  The Natural History of Selborne (White, G.) 223–4

  Natural History (Pliny) 29

  Nectaridus 86, 91

  Nennius 97, 111, 112, 113, 116, 127

  Nether Liberton 69

  Netherby (Castra Exploratorum) 126

  Newstead 50

  Niall of the Nine Hostages 183

  Nicaea, Council of 204 (box), 217

  Ninian 107

  Ninth Legion 63, 64

  Nith River (Novios) 31, 54, 56

  North Africa 46, 89, 117

  North British Chronicle 124

  North Channel 12, 56

  North Sea 83, 99, 121

  Northumbria 94, 113, 115, 122, 123, 253

  dialect of 205–6

  extent of Kingdom 213–14

  Northumbrians, Southumbrians and 236–7

  Novantae 54, 55, 56, 59, 88, 89, 132

  Offa, King of Mercia 4, 5, 222

  Offa’s Dyke 4, 5

  Ogham 165

  Olaf, Viking King of Dublin 247, 254, 255–6 (box), 257

  Old Kilpatrick 74

  Old Melrose 179, 180–82, 194, 202

  foundation of abbey at 183–5

  St Cuthbert at 190–91

  Old Welsh language

  in Bernicia 172, 174, 185, 189, 196, 201, 202, 205, 206, 209, 221, 224, 237–8

  in Strathclyde 239–40, 245, 248, 252, 253–4

  Oldhamstocks 186

  Orkneys (Orcades) 25, 26, 27, 28, 40

  Orkoi 78

  Oswald, King of Northumbria (Bretwalda) 173, 174, 175, 177–8, 178, 183–4, 185, 197–9, 202–3

  Oswestry 197–8

  Oswin, King of Deira 197, 233

  Oswui (Imperator Totius Britanniae) 8, 173, 175, 177, 198–200, 201–2, 202–6

  death and burial at Whitby 206

  Owain, King of Cumbria 251–2

  Owain, King of Gwent 251

  Owain, King of Strathclyde 253–4, 258–9

  Owain, son of Urien and King of Rheged 9, 133, 134, 141–2, 199–200

  Owain Glyn Dwr 134

  Padon Hill 114

  Palatine Hill 67

  Pallinsburn 175

  Parisii 30

  Paternus, son of Tacitus 89

  Paternus Pesrut 90, 100, 130 (box)

  Pathhead 82

  Paulinus 173, 174–5, 178

  Pausanias 66, 67

  Peebles 3, 42

  Peel Fell 4

  Penda, King of Mercia 177, 198, 199, 206

  Penmanshiel 7

  Pennines 30, 41, 124, 128

  Penninghame 202

  Penvalla 44

  Penzance 15

  Peohthelm and Peohtwine, Bishops of Whithorn 233

  Peredur ap Elifer 128, 131

  Perth (and Perthshire) 8–9, 69, 225

  Petilius Cerialis 9

  Phoenicians 46

  Picts 47, 86, 87, 88, 90, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 107, 241

  pilgrimage 184

  Pius, Antoninus 73, 76, 80, 81

  Plautius, Aulus 27

  Pleiades 20, 21

  Pliny the Elder 28, 29

  Pliny the Younger 40

  Pompeii 28

  Pope Gregory I 176, 226, 227

  Potitus 96

  Powblack 51

  Powis Burn 52

  Powys 90, 171–2

  Praetorian Guard 26, 83

  Pringle, George 187–8

  Procopius 117, 119

  Ptolemy, Claudius 25 (box), 41, 43, 49, 50, 54, 56, 60, 71, 74, 78, 242

  Pytheas 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25

  Raedwald, King of East Anglia 172

  raiding 164–5

  Rathlin (Riginia) 28

  Ravenna 23, 24, 31, 91

  Recedham 124

  RECESSION IN DARK AGES 102

  Rede River 114

  Rennie, Elizabeth 240, 241

  Rerigonium (Loch Ryan) 55, 56, 57, 59, 132

  Rheged, Kingdom of 124, 141, 142, 199–201, 213, 242, 244 (box), 252

  Rhinns of Galloway 107

  Rhionydd 55

  Rhône River 15

  Rhun, son of Urien 142

  Rhydderch Hael (’Riderch the Generous’), King of Strathclyde 135, 145, 146, 243, 244 (box), 246 (box)

  Ribchester 23

  Richborough 27

  Rieinmelth, Princess of Rheged 199–200, 201, 234

  Rink fortress 2–3, 259

  Risingham 68

  Rochdale 124

  Rock of Clyde 96

  Roman Empire 39, 48, 70, 89, 92, 96, 100, 136, 137 (box)

  power of 126, 127, 128

  roads 65, 72

  Roman Carlisle 95, 96, 154

  Romanisation of south Britain 48, 49, 76

  Romania 69, 92<
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  Romanitas 101

  ROMANS, WHAT HAVE THEY EVER DONE? 137

  Rome 26, 27, 93, 153 (box), 166

  ROME, ANOTHER JERUSALEM 153

  Rough Castle 75

  Roxburgh (and Roxburghshire) 6, 124

  Roxburgh Castle 73, 89, 90

  Ruberslaw 69

  Rudchester 80

  runic script 184, 230–31

  Rusticus 38

  Ruthwell Anglian Cross 184, 229, 231–3

  Sabir 54

  St Augustine 161

  St Augustine of Hippo 89

  St Baldred 186–7, 189, 190, 257

  St Columba 166, 180, 183, 189–95, 223, 225

  St Constantine 249

  St Cuthbert 94, 139, 190–95, 206–8, 209–10, 214–17, 220, 236, 252

  St Epimachus 151

  SAINT ETHERNAN 187

  SAINT GILDAS 110

  St Gordian 151, 154

  St Gordian’s Cross (Celtic) 151–2

  St Ignatius Loyola !82 (box), 182

  St Jerome 92

  St Kentigern 189–90, 201, 244–6, 250

  St Martin 106, 107

  St Michael’s Mount 15, 16

  St Modan 180

  St Mungo 245, 246 (box)

  St Patrick (Patricius) 95, 96, 242–3

  St Paul 182, 182 (box)

  St Serf 189, 245, 246 (box)

  St Wilfrid of Ripon 200, 203, 205, 206, 236

  SAINTS 108

  Sais (Sasunnaich) 115, 122, 133–4, 140, 176, 252, 254

  Salarian Gate 91

  Samuel of Israel 166

  sanctity, continuity of 179–80

  Sandy Wath 24

  Sark River 22, 24

  Saxons 86–8, 97, 98, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 110, 111, 115–16, 120–21, 176–7

  Schiehallion 81

  Scotch Corner 41, 134

  Scotland 5, 27, 28, 35

  emerging kingdoms in south 93

  Roman roads in 72

  Scots 86, 87, 88, 98, 128

  Scottish Borders 1–3

  see also Bernicia

  Scythia 92

  Segontium, Caernarfon 101

  Selborne, yew tree at 223–4

  Selgovae 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, 50, 59, 66, 67, 68, 88

  Selkirk 1, 2, 4, 6, 194

  Forest Kirk in 7

  Senchus Fer na h’Alban 167

  Senecio 38

  Severn Estuary 4, 120, 121

  Severus, Septimius 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 126, 201

  Sgor nam Ban-Naomhan 108, 109

  Siberia 54

  Siculus, Diodorus 13, 19, 20, 77

  Sidon 46

  Sigfrith, priest of Jarrow 190–91

  Sigurdsson, Harald 117, 118

  Sihtric 251

  Silchester 49

  Silva Caledoniae 29

  Skellig Michael 186

  Skyreburn 202

  Slamannan 52

  Solomon, King of Israel 166

  Solway Coast 28, 55

  Solway Firth 22, 24, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 53, 202

  Solway Moss 125

  Solway Plain 22, 23

  Son of Prophecy 124

  South Shields 71

  South Tyne 95

  Southwick 202

  Soutra Hill 69, 73, 83, 168, 170

  Spain 90, 117

  SPEAR PEOPLE 97

  Springwood Park, Kelso 89

  Sprouston 8

  Stanegate 30, 43, 209

  Stanwick Fort 41

  Stirling 51, 52, 62, 83

  Stobo 44

  Stonehenge 22

  Strabo 18, 19

  Stranraer 124

  THE STRASBOURG OATHS 211

  Strathcarron, battle at 242

  Strathclyde (Ystrad Clud) 9, 10, 159, 221–2, 236, 240–41, 253, 257

  Strathearn 81

  Strathmore 83

  Sueno’s Stone 147

  Sul Wath 24

  summer, battle season 164

  Sunderland 3

  Sutherland, Duke of 9

  Sutton Hoo 172

  Symeon of Durham 234–5

  Syria 76, 106, 108

  Tacitus 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 48, 49, 55, 62, 63, 64, 76, 78, 193 (box)

  Taliesin 133, 141

  Tara, Hill of 56

  Tay River 69, 70

  Taylor, Brian Hope 114, 123

  Teith 81

  De Temporum Ratione (Bede) 228–9

  Tennyson, Lord 116

  Teudebur, King of Strathclyde 247

  Teutoberg Forest 29

  Teviot River (and Valley) 6, 8, 73, 89

  Textoverdi 66

  Thames River (and Valley) 26, 54, 103, 121

  Thenu, Princess of the Gododdin 189, 245

  Theobald, brother of Aethelfrith 170, 171

  Theodora 119

  Theodoric 134, 135, 139, 140, 141

  Theodosius I 86, 88, 89, 90, 94

  THE THIRTEEN TREASURES OF BRITAIN 129–30

  Thomas, Charles 95

  Thule 29

  Timaeus 29

  Tinnis Castle 8, 44

  Tintagel 120

  Tipalt Burn 95

  Tiro 219

  Titus 37

  Torduff Point 24

  Torwoodlee 2

  Toward Point 240

  Trahenna Hill 44

  Trajan’s Column 67, 74

  Traprain Law 49, 76, 169, 187–9, 201, 244

  Triads 44, 55

  Tribruit River 111

  Trier 86, 90

  Trimontium 67, 68, 69, 73, 82

  Trinovantes 54

  Trumwine, Bishop of Abercorn 221

  Tungrians 33, 62

  Tweed River (and basin of) 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 41, 44, 49, 50, 68, 69, 73, 89, 90, 123, 130, 168, 179–80

  see also Bernicia

  Twynholm 202

  Tyndrum (Taigh an Droma) 241–2

  Tyne Valley 66

  Tyninghame 185, 190

  Tyrrhene Sea 47

  Uhtred,. Earl of Bernicia 258–9

  Ulster 57, 58, 95

  ULTIMA THULE 25

  Ural Mountains 54

  Urbicus, Quintus Lollius 67, 68, 73, 74, 76

  Urie Valley 22

  Urien, King of Rheged 131, 132–5, 133, 135, 139–42, 144, 178, 200, 244, 244 (box)

  Valentia 94, 96, 201

  Valentinian III 86, 103

  Vandals 117

  Varus 29

  Venicones 9, 49, 50, 52, 78

  Venus 95

  Venutius 41

  Verturiones 86

  Vesuvius 28

  Vicus Banna Venta Berniae 95

  Vikings 234–5, 247–8, 252, 253, 254

  legacies in north-west Britain 248–50

  Vindolanda 31, 43, 67, 72

  Visigoths 117

  Viventius 107

  Vortigern 97, 99, 100, 101. 102, 103, 104, 112, 113, 114

  Votadini 49, 52, 59, 68, 76, 88, 89, 90, 100, 138

  Wagga 94

  Wales see Cymru

  Wallace’s Trench 7

  WANSDYKE 121

  Wars of Independence 7

  Watling Lodge 75

  Watson, W.J. 124

  Well-Born (nobility) 129, 130, 157–8, 161, 168, 195

  THE WELSH ALPHABET 160

  WELSH LANGUAGE, WHAT HAPPENED? 162

  Welsh language (Brythoniaid) 2–8, 10 (box), 23, 31, 43–4, 54–5, 59–60, 90, 96, 100–101, 104–6, 110 (box), 115, 121–4, 125 (box), 128, 129 (box), 133–6, 137 (box), 138, 144

  Welshie’s Law 8

  West Lothian 221

  Whitby, Synod of 203–4, 205, 228–9

  White, Rev Gilbert 223–4

  Whitecross 184

  Whithorn 28, 54, 107, 233

  Whittinghame 185

  William of Malmesbury 94, 237, 251

  Williams, Gareth 200 (box)

  Winwaed, battle at the 198–9

  Wohletz, Ken 117

  Wroxeter (Viroconium) 101, 120

  Y Bedydd 116, 132
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  Y Mab Darogan 134

  Yaevering, Northumberland 49

  Yarrow Feus 4

  THE YARROW STONE 42

  Yarrow Valley 4, 7, 130

  Yeavering (Ad Gefrin) 114, 123, 174–5

  York (Caer Ebrauc) 62, 69, 91, 93, 126, 127, 131, 132, 253

  York Minster 127, 128

  Yorkshire 30, 41, 114

  Yrfai map Golistan 172

  Zenobia of Palmyra 104

  The Catrail, near Galashiels

  Callanish, Lewis

  The Lochmaben Stane

  The upper Solway Firth at low tide

  The site of Flanders Moss

  Traprain Law, East Lothian

  Addinston Fort, the site of the Battle of Degsastan, and probably where Aedan’s men corralled their plundered cattle

  Burnswark Hill

  Dumbarton Rock

  The Antonine Wall at Rough Castle

  Hadrian’s Wall, showing the Whin Sill (left)

  Bennachie, the site of Mons Graupius

  The Farne Islands, looking towards Bamburgh Castle

  Bamburgh Castle

  Lindisfarne Castle

  Roxburgh Castle

  From Roxburgh Castle, looking east

  The site of the monastery of Old Melrose (centre)

  The Eildon Hills

  Bewcastle Church, Cumbria

  Bewcastle Cross

  St Gordian’s Cross, Manor Valley

  Manor Valley

  Stirling Castle

  Edinburgh Castle

 

 

 


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