The Cornovii were a people of ancient Britain, known only from a single mention of them by the geographerPtolemy c. 150. From his description, their territory is reliably known to have been at the northern tip of Scotland, in Caithness. Ptolemy does not provide them with a town or principal place.
See also
Cornovii for a discussion of the possible etymology of the tribal name
References
Ptolemy (150), Thayer, Bill (ed.), Geographia, Book 2, Chapter 2: Albion island of Britannia, LacusCurtius website at the University of Chicago (published 2008), retrieved 26 April 2008
January 06, 2023
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