- Cornovii (Caithness)
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The Cornovii were a people of ancient Britain, known only from a single mention of them by the geographer Ptolemy c. 150. From his description, their territory is reliably known to have been at the northern tip of Scotland, in Caithness. Ptolemy does not provide them with a town or principal place.
References
- Ptolemy (150), Thayer, Bill, ed., Geographia, Book 2, Chapter 2: Albion island of Britannia, LacusCurtius website at the University of Chicago, 2008, http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/_Texts/Ptolemy/2/2*.html, retrieved 2008-04-26
Iron Age tribes in Britain Atrebates • Belgae • Brigantes • Caereni • Caledonii • Cantiaci • Carnonacae • Carvetii • Catuvellauni • Coritani • Corionotatae • Cornovii (Central) • Cornovii (Northern) • Creones • Damnonii • Decantae • Deceangi • Demetae • Dobunni • Dumnonii • Durotriges • Epidii • Gabrantovices • Iceni • Lopocares • Lugi • Novantae • Ordovices • Parisii • Regnenses • Selgovae • Setantii • Silures • Smertae • Taexali • Textoverdi • Trinovantes • Vacomagi • Venicones • VotadiniCategories:- Ancient peoples
- Tribes of ancient Britain
- Picts
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