Neithon of Alt Clut (d. 620?) was the ruler of Alt Clut (modern Dumbarton Rock). According to the Harleian genealogies, he was the son of Guipno map Dumnagual Hen. It has been suggested by Alfred Smyth that he is the same man as King Nechtan the Great of the Picts,^[1] perhaps the Nechtan son of Canu who according to the Annals of Ulster died in 621.^[2] The Senchus fer n-Alban tells us that Gartnait, the son of Áedán mac Gabráin, King of Dál Riata, sired a son named Cano,^[3] but unless the Harleian genealogies are to be ignored, this would make Gartnait and Dumnagual Hen the same persons, as the respective fathers of Gartnait and Guipno. However, it is possible that either as a Alt Clut Briton ascending the throne of Pictland, or as a Pict ascending the throne of Alt Clut, his genealogy might have been altered, and it is notable that in the Pictish king-lists he is called "Nechtan, nepos Uerb", suggesting that it was a descent from Uerb that mattered in Pictland, and not his unimportant father Guipno/Canu. Alan Orr Anderson pointed out that Uerb is probably the Pictish form of Ferb (gen. Feirbe), a female name. ^[4] MacQuarrie suggests that Neithon was indeed the Pictish king Nechtan, but does not take any stance of the Guipno/Canu problem.^[5] Events Medina is converted to Islam. ... Dumbarton Castle ( ) has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Great Britain. ... Dumnagual I of Alt Clut or simply Dumnagual Hen (the Old) was the ruler of Alt Clut (modern Dumbarton Rock), probably sometime in the early sixth century. ... Nechtan grandson of Uerb,[1] was king of the Picts from 597 to around 620. ... A replica of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. ... The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. ... Events By Place Byzantine Empire Byzantine Emperor Heraclius invades Persia Europe Suinthila succeeds Sisebut as king of the Visigoths. ... The Senchus Fer n-Alban was an ancient text created at some time during the 10th century and attributed to the 7th century. ... Satellite image of northern Britain and Ireland showing the approximate area of Dál Riata (shaded). ... Dál Riata (also Dalriada or Dalriata) was a Goidelic kingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland and the northern coasts of Ireland, situated in the traditional Scottish and Northern Irish counties of Argyll, Bute and County Antrim. ... Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958) was a Scottish historian and compiler. ...

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References

• Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History: AD 500–1286, 2 Vols, (Edinburgh, 1922).
• Smyth, Alfred, Warlords and Holy Men, (Edinburgh, 1984)
• MacQuarrie, Alan, "The Kings of Strathclyde", in A. Grant & K.Stringer (eds.) Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community, Essays Presented to G.W.S. Barrow, (Edinburgh, 1993), pp. 1-19.
• Williams, Anne, Smyth, Alfred P., and Kirby, D.P., (eds.), A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain, (London, 1991), s.v. "Nechtán", p. 183

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• Annals of Ulster
• Harleian genealogy 5