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   From: laighleas@nospam.yahoo.co.uk   
      
   "allan connochie"  wrote in message   
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   > "allan connochie"  wrote in message   
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   > > > The Anglian cavalry was in fact under seige at Dun Gwarai aka   
   Bamburgh.   
   > >   
   > > There was no record of any Anglian cavalry at that time and the Anglian   
   > > forces were not under siege at Bamburgh.  They were more properly under   
   > > siege on Lindisfarne.   
   >   
   > For anyone else unfortunate enough to read Boggies/Flinks drivel I'd   
   > forgotten to mention the reference of "History of the Britons, by Nennius"   
   >   
   > "Chapter 63...........  Against him fought four kings, Urien, and   
   Ryderthen,   
   > and Gaulllauc, and Morcant.  Theodoric fought bravely, together with his   
   > sons, against that Urien.  But at that time sometimes the enemy and   
   > sometimes our countrymen were defeated, and he shut them up three days and   
   > three nights in the island of Metcaut, and whilst he was on expedition he   
   > was murdered, at the instance of Morcant"   
   >   
   > As I'd previously said Metcaut is generally recognised as Lindisfarne.  In   
   > fact there are no other realistic possibilities in the said area in   
   > question.  Certainly not Bamburgh which is no island and is mentioned   
   > elsewhere in the same chapter anyway.   
      
   I know the passage. Figured you didn't need any assistance. :-)   
      
   Kevin   
      
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