Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 243 pages of information about Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 243 pages of information about Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time.
    earl Waltheof burnt in his house;
    a barrier to Scottish civilisation;
    Pictish province stretched across to the Minch;
    defeat of Picts of M. at Stracathro;
    Register of Moray;
    Freskyn estate;
    rebellions;
    feudal barons repel Eystein’s invasion;
    rebellion subdued;
    estates of Freskyn;
    earl Harold Maddadson’s expedition;
    Freskyn family appointed guardians;
    rebellion of MacHeths;
    king William’s expedition against thanes of Ross: 
    chartulary;
    revolt of Donald Ban MacWilliam;
    king Hakon’s proposed raid (1263);
    no Norse place-names on seaboard;
    Pictish inhabitants scattered, the Mackays to Durness.

  Moray, bishops of;
    Andrew Freskyn;
    grant from Johanna of Strathnaver;
    Archibald, regrant to Reginald Chen II;
    Felix.

  Moray, Gilbert, archdeacon of and bishop of Caithness.

  Moray, Richard of;
    brother of Gilbert;
    fell repulsing Norse.

  Moray, Shaw’s.

  More, Loch.

  More, Reginald;
    chamberlain of Scotland.

  Morgan;
    first name of clan Mackay, MacHeth, or MacAoidh.

  Mortlach, in Moray;
    Norse defeated by Malcolm II.

  Morton, Reg.  Hon. de, earl of Katanay.

  Mound, the;
    Craig Amlaiph near.

  Mounth, or Grampians, home of Caledonians.

  Mousa Broch;
    used by run-away honeymoon couples.

  Munch, P.A.;
    History of Norway.

  Mungo, or Kentigern, St., in Strathclyde and Pictland.

  Murkfjord or Myrkfjord (possibly Loch Glendhu).

  Murkle, C.

  Mydalr, Iceland.

  Nairn.

  Naver, Loch;
    broch;
    River Naver;
    lands of Moddan family;
    Dovyr.

  Naver, River;
    Dalharrold;
    see Dovyr.

  Nechtan.

  Nerbon, sae-borg on the;
  Bilbao on the Nervion.

  Ness, now Caithness. 
    See Cait and Caithness.

  New Spalding Club;
    Records of Elgin.

  Niorfa Sound (Straits of Gibraltar).

  Nisbet’s Heraldry.

  Norafjord in Sogn.

  Normans;
    Conquest;
    families accepted as chiefs;
    influence of, in Caithness and Sutherland.

  Norman architecture;
    St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.

  Norse mythology;
    of early settlers in Britain.

  Norsemen;
    occupation of Caith. and Sutherland;
    no women brought;
    early Norse rulers;
    defeated at Mortlach;
    raids on Moray coast;
    Freskyns appointed guardians of Moray against;
    expedition against south Hebrides;
    invasion of Sutherland repulsed at Embo;
    law and language in Orkney and Shetland;

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