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tlie city of Alclud, where he had a large army for his guard." 
Geoffrey had told us earlier of Ebracus building Kaer Ebranc 
and Alclud, mentioning them in the same paragraph (B. ii., 
c. 7.) Again: "Elidore and Artgallo are reconciled and go 
to Alclud" (B. iii., c. 18.) Alclud is spoken of clearly as in 
their territory, and in connection with York, and when 
Elidore's kingdom is divided, one-half is "from the river 
Humber westward," which would include this very district 
round Conisbro. ^^ow as '^creagh or crag" enters into 
names innumerable in Gaelic, so would "clud," which 
answers to, and is equivalent to it in British, meaning cliff 
or rock, be found common everywhere, just as the English 
word which took its place, " Clifton," is one of the com- 
monest names of places in our language. Again, Eobert of 
Brunne: "In the Nathe he made a city, Kaer Ebranc he 
called the town, another Aklud." We have also another ac- 
count. Brut y Tysilio, which tells us when Hengest was 
worsted at CaerConan (Conisbro), "a great number fled to a 
neighbouring fort, where they made a second stand." Eoger 
of Wendover gives us the locality and name : this took place 
"near the river Don; that Octa reached York and Eosa took 
refuge in Alclud (p. 21). . . . Peace is made with Octa 
and Eosa, and they are settled on the borders of Scotland, 
490, A.D. But in 498, A.D., when Aurelius is dead, " they 
break their league and invade the northern provinces of 
Britain, and destroy all the strongholds from Albania 
to York; at last as they were besieging Alclud, Uther 
Pendragon comes upon them" ; clearly the narrative requires 
"Alclud" to be south after York. Here then, by piecing 
these different accounts together, and by painful investigation, 
we find that at a battle fought "upon the Don or Dune, 
near Caer Conan or Kunnigesburh " (Conisbro), there was 
a "neighbouring fort" to which Eosa retired. That fort 
was called Alclud. Alclud was in the territory of a prince 
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