Welcome to the British History Podcast. My name is Jamie, and this is episode 137, Preaching

in the Dark Ages. This show is free and independent due to member support, and as

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Now I thought I would start this episode with a letter from Gordon. Last episode, when

I talked about the Battle of Necton's Mera, Gordon was surprised that I didn't get

into a discussion regarding the location of that battle, and he provided a rather interesting

perspective that I thought you might like to hear.

If you've ever been to Dunnachin near Forfarr, there's a distinct lack of mountain

passings or lakes. Admittedly, marshy terrain or a lake could have dried up in the intervening

centuries, but the lack of mountains is a distinct problem for this location. Yes, there

are some outlying glens that does a miles away, but it seems a bit of a stretch for the

battle to be named after Dunnachin if it took place in Glencova, or Glen Prasin, or

Glenysla. The three main glens nearest to the site. And of those, only Glencova comes

close to matching the description. The response to this objection is usually that the survivors

have exaggerated the terrain as an excuse for their defeat. I suppose that's possible,

however, there is a place known as Dunnachin near Lachinch, much further north, and which

has the required lake, along with several adjacent mountain passes. It's also much closer

to the kingdom of Fortreau, which many academics now accept was based in the northeast of what

is now Scotland. Around Aberdeenshire, Morey, and Inverness. Alex Wolf of Edinburgh University

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