Abstract
Places of Belief in Medieval Glen Lyon and Beyond: Onomastic and Archaeological Perspectives
Highlights
When studying the early medieval landscape of Glen Lyon, place-names, which were coined in Scottish Gaelic and later Scots, seem to provide the strongest evidence for an early occupation or presence in the area
This article has posited two key questions: how do the sites in Glen Lyon investigated here and the beliefs associated with them develop over time? And by approaching sites and place-names as palimpsests, what do we learn about their successive audiences? Undoubtedly, to fully answer these questions a more exhaustive survey of both the glen and the surrounding landscape would be necessary since our investigation has only partially highlighted the importance of considering the wider landscape of beliefs and patterns of dedications
Having considered both the archaeological and onomastic material, we shall attempt to outline some of the processes by which places of belief in Glen Lyon have emerged during different time-periods
Summary
When studying the early medieval landscape of Glen Lyon, place-names, which were coined in Scottish Gaelic and later Scots, seem to provide the strongest evidence for an early occupation or presence in the area. Local traditions attach considerable importance to the mill known as Milton Eonan, and it is often presented as the focal point for St Adomnán’s presence in the glen along with the church supposedly built by him at Cladh Bhranno.
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