Show the Loch mabon stone its Scot scotsman awant nor iov 39 IN 84 hiie ilia ston ie is so anti alj it S bated with 1 ider hu ifill hie tile of its I 1 I 1 I 1 fik I 1 in lit so 90 at t I 1 1 tt it it deser H t s more than 1 H it c eted from it i aa it aile boulder situated on oil the arin of old gretha in h a rt near the o of the skittle mith the lu in the a weis statistical account lic count pub hailed in u isn it is that it a once sur b a it ring rm of iare arge stunts enc enclosing lobing about half ittia anacle aero which had been renio removed Ned inythe couric u of not ITt man nian biars pre precious loua ious to that date late ih eie ie is a careful bravnik of the tile I 1 51 stona stone in mr ir ann arin I 1 a 1 I history listor of lidderdale Lidde bdale idale 11 Eelk dale etl 1 edinburgh ap kito page I 1 1 I it la is constant in charters cli artery and anti by early ni llers alers gers as a trysting place both for 1 ho oa of troops to undertake epel 1 invasion in and anti for maetina me etina I 1 between tho the english and scottish li wardens ar ens of the marches todi to discuss matters ning tati juris juristic dic it tari go 0 or to arrn iio tho the ninia vt lre a p of truce seeing that it is my iniste distant from front Lo lochia clinia tb alve u town and parish and lind that artra there i r e is no lake near it the nnnie name f loch ilaben stone has hits lony long been a auzle to antiquaries antiqua ries and it is auly now flow that a satis satisfactory factor tion it 4 seems to have been d at gin I 1 ll 11 amers Fade fu dera raOol 01 ol in fit par ri 1 p it id is record recorded that in certain 8 were appointed to carry autan out an 00 4 ma agreement onienta fur for tho the release of pris conets which had been entered into between eon the dukes of go sn dt lancaster these Coi chininis Cuni ninis inis etoni met on NoNe november niber 6 at and decided that all on either side eap iu isred ditl since the truce of lolling Lol lolly lyng bawin bae in should iw lio released leont ransom and anti filat had paid rat watisoni isoni should lin lieve e funded the important part flus its incident ns as the graben maben stone ie is the light bed on its to original ine meaning aning b the if hero here if it arious ious that tho tile prefix is 13 he the goinn old cieli 1 clah a in modern gallic chuli sian ian established e itself i uly dite in ili into late mr 1 ikeno chonis good for believing that it olon ne sinns had gentled on oil tho the any ay early in the fifth century it that thair stronghold on oil the wt received from froin the celtic po U bon oil the name naine dun dust writ jennius ennius caer pheris eris tho the ier ians iana fort now Duin dumfries fries the ing ng of cloch having come coute to sr rg gotten otten tini notable stone red ed the anglian suffix atan becnice stane alabon mabon then tho tile stone or place of mabon was uns the binl al title juat just as IN a r lot in ili renfrew commemorated IId erch the christian conqueror of a e next thing la is to ascertain if i was any notable individual I 1 1 mabon in early finies or if file merely bore the signify it haa has in modern welsh aleh a g hero tho tile sense hy by the an ay lich ch it is applied affectionately day by the welsh dinners to aday bra braham hani SI 31 P lie black book of Cart carthar Cn rinar nar a bolh action of celah J attributable to tho sixth ry the following occurs in ier af 11 Wyth were to go the three would be unlucky laboa It aboss the soa oa of 0 Sly dron the errant servant of luthir Peo Pea dragon dragan clyse lint we lueion moll of 0 banon I 1 aad owyn gwyn Godi brion I 1 did not lus lawyd brine bring perforated shields irone from trw auld and at giboo stion the eon oom ot of nellt spotted the grass with his blood I 1 are two named n one of seeing to folimo hai e killed in in battle fitter the of now mr mir haa identified wrol vic scene of urs rs tenth battle fought ought in i this tilts iutin ho however weNer winch which ry y obscure aises no indication i place where malon mallon sor son of perished pena lied but ele battle was IB in mind it d or con conis imeri ne i d fit tho tile biarne A flours beat bent ditri fin ina mav have ben b en the place 11 1 1 3 mabon s death e following recurs in pontaut topographical teal axem liepin no li it which was written to td celebrate the tile decile of gnp p meeting LIeen ng willo hw beer heart identified with galimi mi whom tacitus dew ribes ns its fight mg ing ti gRinst agricola oa 01 A D 10 and with geidus of total 11 galloway intentioned b I 1 the iiii flocca I 1 I 1 lue no 20 a A battle in the wood ot of kelt at close of day ahou didat not act think ot of thy tow A battle lu in the presence pretence of mil ma bon the of bikit inay wily L b us its aleric suggests beith in fit air shire but it wal just idt aa its pru babi be one of tho tile many other placebo named froin iho tho birch batth ench bitch ag a leh in tit or in kirkcudbright 11 in ille slime tuo places ure tire billed ns its acenia of 98 battles one in fit thi the warble of term terra villre are iho the of or Glent irrow and the other in fit kirk culbright cud bright Cled fein or the of cluden chuden near lin tan ciudin moreover gallag or caidus in is to be buried nt at corhouse Tor house near wigtown Wig town where hore there is a notable circle of stones ailed called king baldus tonia but tha tile most circumstantial reference to mabon appears in the book of poem ani alit cluro ro the invasion of Strath clido do and the battles of owen the son of urien are tire described as reported to tile bard from front kelso nid line 17 A battle when owen defends the cattle of hie his country V ill greet araboo from roiti ano another oth er country A battle at the ford ot of alduh line lt 23 A battle attl on this elje side of 0 Lt Ll achar fhe rho trembling camp cam p saw ta w u A Aehle shield lUIa in hand on the talf fa ll 11 portion of rendol against the man of reged they 0 they bad had kinf they weald would have flown Ag 11 almat mabon alabon without cot poes they woul I 1 not go meeting they descend ami and cons mence a battle the country of alabon Is 1 pierced with destructive slaughter ine 43 about the lord ford ol 01 the boundary dary bout about the alders ider bits battle place 1 en ell man caused cause J the battle of the king sovereign prince N ery ory wild will the ilia kine mahon line 17 47 the testing place ot of the ille corpse of some wae wan in kun run I 1 here wa joy there will lie lon tor for ravens lood loud the talk ol 01 men alter battle here ao a have nn all account in fit lau laii giago fairly explicit for a it bard of a foray on hie tile territory wil winch it 11 of course is tho tile for dunia irton dun dnn bretan the fort of tho life unions britons or camri A retaliatory inin sion resulted in fit a defeat of 11 fallon nt at reidel 0 on this side of riachar that is at ruthwell on oil tho banks of lochar heidal seluis to LQ bu tit tho celtic ren denny of RuthL 11 which in ili turn la is the analu saxon rod ft eel wl the tile tt til of the rood or cross there ia is still near tile a chalybeate well u which took its naino from froin the celebrated rum runt rood or cross now G standing within t the lie walli valk of the tile parish church and afterwards after warda gave the tile to the parish lu in lines 17 21 and 15 kino kine and cattle Lat tle are metaphorically used for people tho kine of haged are the leopla of the tile between dumbarton and loch lo 10 two biond which was known as reged I 1 the ford of abo boundary about the alders may ulay either have been on the lochar water or the pursuit may inay havo acen carried as far ae the ford 0 the boundary on the sark so often used in fit the later da day a of border warfare here we may way imay lUt alabon to have perished anil and to liae ime been laid under the boulder which bears hie his name A circle of stones vaa was af t ter wards added according to that custom of inte which took the fort form of what are o 0 erroneously termed urchea As to the date tinte ur this event TR tit 1 ess n 13 to C J to 0 telling of e thing which had just hap happened bened ilia his own era may be pretty accor amply fixed as lis in fit tile ses bentli century for he ito apt aks elsewhere ol 01 the welsh lender tender Brochi Brochis nail tail as its being contemporary with himself and we know from beda beile eccless Ec cleel clest history chap chat if that was present at the battle of cheater chester in so we ma ilia assume that there wae ils nl at giasi one wornor worrior of the name of mabon alabon who gave ins ilia naino naine both to the district of and alao alsi to the tile stone itolle towards tho close of the sixth or beginning of tho tile seventh center A thousand cars later it wae wu the recognized alace of uster n for the ilia roal levies 1 of and ani galloway and remained BO so antil AAA he the juniou of the two in trial it is r recorded vol ol 01 1 I part 1 1 p AM bow how im tit alv I 1 11 I 1 1567 lowr kiak autri k of i IN f a aiki ki ris onins of ar prial at u caro got ot retti tasi ili u tr fir in the iia 41 11 for abiding abid ariu the ar adt red 1 to abst table at lax c u ajani if 1 ft bruter t tu to the tile daniel A arden lefore before tu to lifts so mith linn tu to th tit ia if of tren fur for ni melting ot of ito of inland and three days inter later alexandri Li dunbar of 30 mo bruin john donlun luhn ot of corhouse Tor house bohlk hulm of apak girth pt it and auti juti of Gr granthun antoun bliumas th onias morfut oa 01 ut of knok of coit colt tia ifield john cn crt liton tutor of Santi tillar here 4 to anth T ri tho law laii at nt f win frits fur fr tile scinie etienn chor llio liot 14 just list OIK ont of thoro reli belits 4 of iloie than loial local interest winch ought tu to bo be placa without acla under the protection of tile att alt |