The name “Scotland” means the land of or belonging to the Scots. There’s little disagreement that the “Scots” are a people who came to Scotland from Ireland and eventually took over the Pictish kingdom that much is clear, but who were these Scots? And what truth is there (if any) in the various legends connecting the Scots to Scota supposedly a princess of Egypt?
http://mons-graupius.co.uk/index.php/archaeology/104-the-eastern-origin-of-the-scots
(In the past this would have been published here, but I’ve now separated out my historical work onto another website. But as this is part of the reason I chose to be called: “Scottish Sceptic”, i.e. scepticism about the origin of the “Scots”, I include a link to the new article)
