Alt Clut

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Alt Clut is the early medieval Brittonic kingdom and stronghold centered on Dumbarton Rock in what is now western Scotland, later known as the Kingdom of Strathclyde.

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Alt Clut canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval kingdom
historical polity
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Strathclyde
associatedWithRiver Clyde
attackedBy Northumbrians
linked to: Northumbria

Vikings
attestedInSource Annales Cambriae
Annals of Ulster
Historia Brittonum
besiegedBy Vikings of Dublin
besiegedInYear 870
borderedBy Dál Riata
Northumbria
Pictish kingdoms
linked to: Pictland
centeredOn Dumbarton Rock
culture Brittonic
fallApproximateYear 870
fellInSiegeOf Dumbarton Rock
flourishedInCentury 7th century
8th century
9th century
flourishedInPeriod early Middle Ages
governedAs monarchy
hasCapital Dumbarton Rock
hasEthnicGroup Britons
linked to: British people
hasLanguage Brittonic
Cumbric
linked to: Cumbric language
hasNameInEnglish Rock of the Clyde
hasReligion Celtic Christianity
Christianity
hasStronghold Dumbarton Rock
locatedInHistoricRegion Strathclyde
locatedInPresentDay western Scotland
locatedOn River Clyde
modernCouncilArea West Dunbartonshire
modernCountry United Kingdom
modernSubnationalUnit Scotland
nameEtymology alt (rock) + Clut (Clyde)
nameLanguage Old Welsh
nameRefersTo fortress on the River Clyde
partOf Hen Ogledd
politicalStatus independent kingdom
politicalType Brittonic kingdom of the Old North
predecessorOf Kingdom of Strathclyde
ruledBy Brittonic kings
successorState Kingdom of Strathclyde

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