The taste of blood rushed into his mouth. He plunged forward into the sun dazzle and felt himself falling. He never felt the jagged stones in the ditch.
PLACE NAMES MENTIONED IN THIS STORY
ARE-CLUTA Dumbarton.
BAAL’S BEACON Lomond (Loch and Ben).
Connected with lumen, light.
Lugh the Sun-God had Baal among his other names.
CLOTA River Clyde.
COIT CALEDON ‘The Wood of the Caledones’ – the great Caledonian forest.
CORSTOPITUM Corbridge.
DRUIM ALBAN ‘The Ridge of Britain’. Now Drum Alban.
DUN MONAIDH Dunadd.
EARRA-GHYL ‘The Coast of the Gael’. Roughly Argyllshire.
EBURACUM York.
FIRTH OF WAR-BOATS Loch Long.
FIRTH OF WARSHIPS (Loch Luinge) GLEN OF THE ALDER WOODS Glen Orchy.
GLEN OF THE BLACK GODDESS Glen Lochy.
INSHORE ISLAND Kerrera, off Oban.
LOCH ABHA Loch Awe.
LONDINIUM London.
NORTHERN WALL The ‘Antonine Wall’. Built by Lollius Urbicus, Legate of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, circa A.D. 143.
ROYAL WATER – LOCH FHIONA Loch Fyne.
SEGEDUNUM Wallsend.
THEODOSIA Dumbarton Rock.
THE OLD WOMAN WHO SWALLOWS SHIPS Corrievrechan.
VALENTIA Roman province between the Northern and Southern walls. Broadly speaking, Lowland Scotland.
ALSO BY ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF
Bonnie Dundee
The Chronicles of Robin Hood
Flame-Coloured Taffeta
Frontier Wolf
Knight’s Fee
Blood Feud
Simon
Song for a Dark Queen
Tristan and Iseult
Warrior Scarlet
The Witch’s Brat
Beowulf: Dragonslayer
Brother Dusty-Feet
The Armourer’s House
Sun Horse, Moon Horse
Sword Song
The Hound of Ulster
The Capricorn Bracelet
The High Deeds of Finn MacCool
The Shining Company
The Light Beyond the Forest
The Road to Camlann
The Sword and the Circle
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