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   From: allan@EASYNET.CO.UK   
      
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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.   
   > >   
   > > Allan   
   > >   
   > Metcaut=Lindisfarne? Generally recognised by Allan that is.   
      
   Well for a start let's look at the passage.  What else could the 'island of   
   Metcaut' be?  Certainly not Bamburgh which isn't even an island.  The only   
   other possibilities in that region are some of the smaller Farne Isalnds.   
   Historians generally consider that Lindisfarne is the island in question   
   though.  Of course you can see Lindisfarne from Bamburgh quite easily as   
   they are only a few miles distance from each other.  Doesn't make them the   
   same thing though.   
      
      
   Allan   
      
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