This page shows a list of blogposts dealing with the realm of the Clyde Britons in its several manifestations (Damnonii, Alt Clut, Ystrad Clud). Those marked HK are published at Heart of the Kingdom, my website about early medieval Govan. Also listed here is my article on Govan’s ancient Doomster Hill, published at the website of the Water Row campaign.
People
Dyfnwal ab Owain and the war of 756 [HK]
The Pictish wife of Rhun ab Arthgal (c.872)
Dyfnwal ab Owain (died 975) in Cumbrian folklore
The Bride of King Dyfnwal [HK]
Govan and the kings [HK]
Mael Coluim ‘son of the king of the Cumbrians’ [HK]
Angharad, daughter of Rhydderch Hael
Centres of power
Alt Clut
Dundonald
The Doomster Hill, Govan
Churches & Christianity
Kingarth
Female royal burials at Govan [HK]
Warfare
Ireland (c.680-710)
History
The Clyde Britons: People, Place & Memory [HK]
Place-names
Cumbria
Kirkintilloch
Paisley
Strathclyde
Sculpture
Govan Stones
The Sun Stone at Govan [HK]
The Govan Sarcophagus [HK]
Hairstyles on the Govan stones [HK]
Hogback tombstones at Govan and Penrith [HK]
Cross-slab 32 at Govan [HK]
The Barochan Cross [HK]
The Barochan cross-base [HK]
The Fairlie Stone [HK]
The Dumb Proctor of Lochwinnoch [HK]
The Origins of Clan Galbraith
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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The history of the kingdom is also covered in my book The Men of the North: the Britons of Southern Scotland (Edinburgh, 2010).
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