Galloway, or the coin Nith, belonged to a people whom Ptolemy called Agricola subdued in A.D. They were Atecott conjectured to have replaced a small, dark-haired aboriginal race, akin probably to the Basques of the Iberian peninsula.
With the aid of the Norsemen and the men of Galloway Kenneth Macalpine defeated the northern Picts at Forteviot and was crowned king of Scotland at Scone in 844.
In 1190 Roland, lord of Galloway, built for Cistercians from Melrose the fine abbey of Glenluce, of which the only remains are the foundations of the nave, the gable of the south transept, the cloisters, quadrangle and the vaulted chapter-house.
Thus a snuff-box is in Scotland called a "mull," from the early machines in which the tobacco was ground.
Possibly from the ground or grated spices with which ale or wine is flavoured when heated, comes the expression "mulled," as applied to such a beverage.
(3) The Scots word "mull," meaning a promontory or headland, as the Mull of Galloway, the Mull of Kintyre, represents the Gaelic maol, cf.
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