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Craig Phadrig, the Glossary

Craig Phadrig (Creag Phàdraig, meaning Rock of Patrick) is a forested hill on the western edge of Inverness, Scotland.^[1]

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19 relations: Adomnán, Beauly Firth, Bridei I, Columba, Forestry and Land Scotland, Hillfort, Hornwork, Inverness, Inverness Castle, Iron Age, Ordnance datum, Pictish language, Picts, Radiocarbon dating, River Ness, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Scheduled monument, Urquhart Castle, Vitrified fort.
Geography of Inverness
Pictish sites in Scotland
Vitrified forts in Scotland

Adomnán

Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (Adamnanus, Adomnanus; 624 – 704), also known as Eunan (from), was an abbot of Iona Abbey (679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint.

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Beauly Firth

The Beauly Firth (Linne Fharair) is a firth in northern Scotland. Craig Phadrig and Beauly Firth are Geography of Inverness.

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Bridei I

Bridei son of Maelchon (died 586) was King of the Picts from 554 to 584.

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Columba or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.

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Forestry and Land Scotland

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) (Coilltearachd agus Fearann Alba) is responsible for managing and promoting Scotland's national forest estate: land, predominantly covered in forest, owned by the Scottish Government on behalf of the nation.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Hornwork

A hornwork is an element of the Italian bastion system of fortification.

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Inverness

Inverness (Innerness; from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000.

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Inverness Castle

Inverness Castle (Caisteal Inbhir Nis) sits on a cliff overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Scotland.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Ordnance datum

An ordnance datum (OD) is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps.

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Pictish language

Pictish is an extinct Brittonic Celtic language spoken by the Picts, the people of eastern and northern Scotland from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.

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Picts

The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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River Ness

The River Ness (Abhainn Nis) is a river in Highland, Scotland, UK. Craig Phadrig and river Ness are Geography of Inverness.

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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) was an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government that was "sponsored" through Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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