Cait
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Cait was an early medieval Pictish kingdom in northern Scotland, likely centered in what is now Caithness and Sutherland.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pictish kingdom
ⓘ
early medieval polity ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Picts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy | other Pictish kingdoms ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Insular Celtic world ⓘ |
| hasLegacyIn |
regional identity of Caithness
ⓘ
regional identity of Sutherland ⓘ |
| hasUncertainBoundaries | true ⓘ |
| hasUncertainCapital | true ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct kingdom ⓘ |
| influencedBy | geopolitical landscape of northern Scotland ⓘ |
| languageContext | Pictish ⓘ |
| likelyCenter |
Caithness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Highlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Scottish mainland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | scholarly reconstructions of Pictish kingdoms ⓘ |
| modernRegionCorrespondence |
Caithness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | related to later place-name Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pictland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfModernCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | kingdom ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | later medieval provinces of Caithness and Sutherland ⓘ |
| religiousContext | early medieval Christianity ⓘ |
| sourceType |
early medieval historical tradition
ⓘ
place-name evidence ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
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