Talk:De Situ Albanie

Was the Kingdom of Cat (Caithness) replaced by Argyll?

Prof. Hudson points out notes to the early 10th century Felire Oengusa says the following: "Ega .i. nomen fontis hi Cattaib i tuaisciurt Alban, et ibi Donnan cum suis martyrium subiit, ..." and goes on to tell of his death due to the envy of rich woman.

and: "Donnan Egha .i. Egha ainm abainn fil i n-Albain. No oilen, 7 is annside ata Donnan, fw ic Cataib i tuascert Alban, et ibi Donnan sanctus cum sua familia obiit .i. lu." "Donnan of Eig, i.e. Egha is the name of a river in Scotland. Or it is an island, and 'tis there is Donnan, or in Caithness in the north of Scotland, and there holy Donnan died with his community, to wit, fifty-five."

followed by: "Ega .i. proprium (nomen) loci, is ann roches Donnan. [in marg.] .i. nomen fontis in All Saxainib nb hi Cataib, et ibi ob[i]it Donnan cum sua familia .iiii. ar choicait, passus est. L." "Ega, i.e. the proper name of a place. 'Tis there that Donnan suffered : the name of a fountain in All-Saxain, or in Caithness, and there Donnan, cum sua familiar fifty-four (in number), passus est."

If so the kingdom of Cat would extend past the Isle Skye and be a maritime nation...

Additional the Rhineland poet Walahfrid Strabo circa 840, in describing the Norse raids of 825 on Iona refers to the area as insula Pictorum.

Which should remind us that Pictland is more generic than typically treated to day. The 9th century Nennius has a chapter entitled: ""De magno lacu Lummonu, qui Anglice vocatur Lochleuen in regione Pictorum"; "Of the great lake Lummonu, which is called in English Loch Leven, in the region of the Picts".

While some Anglo-Saxon writers also include Galloway also to be inhabited by Picts.

Hence the seven sub-kingdoms of the Pict might have include the entire Insula Scotia, Scotland north of the Forth/Clyde.