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Encyclopedia > Selgovae

The Selgovae were a Brythonic tribe in Scotland, inhabiting roughly the central Borders area. They were neighbours of, and perhaps an offshoot of, the Votadini to the east. Their capital was on North Eildon hill near Melrose, near where the Romans later built the fort of Trimontium, Newstead. Brythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Scottish Borders (Crìochan na h-Alba in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... The Votadini (the Wotādīnī, or Votādīnī) were a people of the Iron Age in Great Britain, and their territory was briefly part of the Roman province Britannia. ... Eildon hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. ... The original Melrose is a town in the Scottish Borders a region of Scotland in the United Kingdom (see Melrose, Scotland). ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Trimontium is the name of a Roman fort at Newstead, near Melrose, Scotland, close under the three Eildon Hills (whence the name trium montium). ...


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  • Selgovae at Roman-Britain.org

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Coritiotar (178 words)
The altar found at Hexham Abbey, presumably robbed from Corbridge, is a very important clue to the source of Corionototarum.
North from Corbridge Dere Street roughly divides what is regarded as the tribe of the Selgovae on the west from the Votadini on the east.
The major hill-fort, the tribal oppidum, of the Selgovae was Eildon Hill North (NT554328), Roxburgh.
Selgovae at AllExperts (140 words)
The Selgovae were a Brythonic tribe in Scotland, inhabiting roughly the central Borders area.
Their capital was on North Eildon hill near Melrose, near where the Romans later built the fort of Trimontium, Newstead.
The territory of the Selgovae appears to have formed part of the kingdom of Gododdin in post-Roman times.
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