- "Aber-ayon, lat. 51° 37′ N., long. 3° 46′ W.
- Aber-afon, lat. 51° 37′ N.
- Abergavenny, lat. 51° 49′ N., long. 3° 0′ W.
- Abergwilli, lat. 51° 51′ N., long. 4° 16′ W.
- Aberystwith, lat. 52° 24′ N., long. 4° 6′ W.
- Aberfraw, lat. 53° 12′ N., long. 4° 30′ W.
- Abergee, lat. 53° 17′ N., long. 3° 17′ W.
"In Scotland:
- "Aberlady, lat. 56° 1′ N., long. 2° 52′ W.
- [81]Aberdour, lat. 56° 4′ N., long. 3° 16′ W.
- Aberfoil, lat. 56° 11′ N., long. 4° 24′ W.
- Abernethy, lat. 56° 20′ N., long. 3° 20′ W.
- Aberbrothic, lat. 56° 33′ N., long. 2° 35′ W.
- Aberfeldy, lat. 56° 37′ N., long. 3° 55′ W.
- Abergeldie, lat. 57° 5′ N., long. 3° 10′ W.
- Aberchalder, lat. 57° 7′ N., long. 4° 44′ W.
- Aberdeen, lat. 57° 8′ N., long. 2° 8′ W.
- Aberchirdir, lat. 57° 35′ N., long. 2° 34′ W.
- Aberdour, lat. 57° 40′ N., long. 2° 16′ W.
- Inverkeithing, lat. 56° 2′ N., long. 3° 36′ W.
- Inverary, lat. 56° 15′ N., long. 5° 5′ W.
- Inverarity, lat. 56° 36′ N., long. 2° 54′ W.
- Inverbervie, lat. 56° 52′ N., long. 2° 21′ W.
- Invergeldie, lat. 57° 1′ N., long. 3° 12′ W.
- Invernahavan, lat. 57° 2′ N., long. 4° 12′ W.
- Invergelder, lat. 57° 4′ N., long. 3° 15′ W.
- Invermorison, lat. 57° 14′ N., long. 4° 34′ W.
- Inverness, lat. 57° 29′ N., long. 4° 11′ W.
- Invernetty, lat. 57° 29′ N., long. 1° 51′ W.
- Inveraslie, lat. 57° 59′ N., long. 4° 40′ W.
- Inver, lat. 58° 10′ N., long. 5° 10′ W.
"The line of separation then between the Welsh or Pictish, and the Scotch or Irish, Kelts, if measured by the occurrence of these names, would run obliquely from S.W. to N.E., straight up Loch Fyne, following nearly the boundary between Perthshire and Argyle, trending to the N.E. along the present boundary between Perth and Inverness, Aberdeen and Inverness, Banf and Elgin, till about the mouth of the river Spey. The boundary between the Picts and English may have been much less settled, but it probably ran from Dumbarton, along the upper edge of Renfrewshire, Lanark and Linlithgow till about Abercorn, that is along the line of the Clyde to the Frith of Forth."[8]
It cannot be denied that, in the present state of our knowledge, the inference from the preceding[82] table is that, whether Pict or not, more than two-thirds of Scotland exhibit signs of British rather than Gaelic occupancy.
This is as much as can be said at present: for it must be added that all the previous criticism has proceeded upon the notion that PENN FAHEL, &c., are Pict words. What, however, if they be Pict only in the way that man, woman, &c., are Welsh; i.e., words used by a population within the Pict area, but not actually Pict? The refinement upon the opinion suggested by the present chapter, which arises out of the view, will be noticed after certain other questions have been dealt with.
FOOTNOTES:
[7] Mr. Garnett, Philological Transactions, No. II.
[8] Saxons in England.—Vol. ii. pp. 4, 5.