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Kingdom of Strathclyde
Strathclyde
(lit. "
Strath
of the
River Clyde
"), originally or
Alclud
, was one of the
early medieval
kingdoms of the
Britons
in the
Hen Ogledd
, the
Brittonic
-speaking parts of what is now southern
Scotland
and
northern England
. The kingdom developed during the
post-Roman
period. It is also known as
Alt Clut
, a Brittonic term for
Dumbarton Castle
, the medieval capital of the region. It may have had its origins with the
Damnonii
people of
Ptolemy
's
Geography
.
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