Damnonii

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The Damnonii (sometimes spelt with the variant Damnii) were a Brythonic tribe and early inhabitants of the British Isles. They occupied what is now Glasgow and Strathclyde in west central Scotland, whose territory included the modern district of Dumbarton and who had a major stronghold at Dumbarton Castle. Along with their Votadini neighbours to the east, they formed a buffer state between Roman Britain and the Picts who were the least controlled of the tribes the Romans sometimes grouped as the Caledonians. In the aftermath of the Roman withdrawal they formed the Kingdom of Strathclyde.

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• BBC - History - Tribes of Britain
• The History Files: Kingdoms of the British Celts - Alt Clut / Strathclyde
• tribesv3
• Damnonii !st. century Celtic Re-enactment Society