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February 21, 2005
Mons Graupius
Historian James Fraser has ‘relocated’ the battle of Mons Graupius (AD 84) to the Gask Ridge in Perthshire, as noted by Ian Johnston in the Scotsman. Famously described by Tacitus, this was fought between the Romans under Agricola and the Caledonii under Calgacus.
thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=169512005
www.morgue.demon.co.uk/Pages/Gask/index.htm
UPDATE 21 March 2005
Predictably, perhaps, James Fraser’s studies are being challenged. As Charles Currie says, “Grampian is called Grampian because of Mons Graupius.”
thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=302582005
Posted by Simon Holledge at February 21, 2005 04:22 PM
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