“The first wonder (of the island of Britain) is (the) loch/lake/pool/stagnum/llyn Lumonoy/Lomonoy/Llumonwy /Lemnon/Leinnon /Lomond/Lumond/"Leven" [llumon "beacon", or llyfnwy/llyfn(i)/llynvy/llyn(-wy)/limnc "smooth (water)/lake (water)"?];/. In it/there are 60 islands(, and men dwell/live there,) and 60 rocks/cliffs in/encircle it, (andthereis/with an eagle’s nest on each rock/cliff. There are) also/and 60 rivers/streams flow(ing) into it/thatplace(,) and (nothing goes) out of it/there (to the sea except) one river/stream, that/which is (called) (the) Leamain/Leamam/Lemn/Lenm/Lenin/Levin/Leun.” (- "Nennius".)
"In Albany, in the area of 'Moray', not very far from Alclud, is Loch Lomond, with forty islands, and sixty streams feeding it (but only one stream flowing out), and its sixty rocks on which sixty eagles nest. These eagles gather once a year and their cries foretell any great events about to occur." &/or “This affair being concluded, Hoel had the curiosity to view the situation of the lake, and wondered to find the number of the rivers, islands, rocks, and eagles’ nests, so exactly correspond: and while he was reflecting upon it as something that appeared miraculous….” (- Geoff. of Mon.)
"De magno lacu Lummonu, qui Anglice vocatur Lochleuen in regione Pictorum...." / "Concerning/Of the great/large lake Lummonu / 'llyn Llumonwy', which is called in English Loch Leuen/Leven / Lochleuen, in the region/area of the Picts...." (- the Nennius/HB chapter headings (a set of summaries attached first to Manuscript L) noted by Watkins, 13th C.)
"Kai and Bedwyr sat on a beacon cairn on the summit of Plynlymon" (- Kulhwch arid/ac Olwen.)
Loch Lumonoy seemingly matches Lemanis/Lympne/Romney/Lliff_Menai [Tribruit], not loch Lomond in Scotland.
Note that for the orthodox Lomond their site is speculative as their own words say: "is likely to be", &/or "[might not be Lomond]", &/or "[could have alternative location candidate somewhere else]".
(i.) Britain match: This Wonder is (the first) in Britain. The orthodox location candidate (loch Lomond) is in (Great) Britain (and could qualify as the first of Britain), but our candidate (Lympne/Romney) is also in (Roman) Britain (and also certainly qualifies as the first of Britain). [Classis Britannica / British Fleet?] We can possibly argue that in the alternative Irish version of the Wonders loch Lumonoy is in the Britain wonders (1-14) not the "Scotland" wonders (15-20)? The "Albany"/"Moray"/"Alclud" is just Geoff of Mon's opinion "for purpose of narrative". Albany of Arthurian can mean the Downs / Albion. He also said "He also built the city of Alclud/"Dumbarton" towards Albani, and the town of mount Agned/"Edinburgh", called at this time the Castle of Maidens, or the Mountain of Sorrow", yet we have seen Agned/Bregion is Anderida/Pevensey not far from our Lumonoy/"Lomond" site (Lemanis/Lympne), and Eidyn 1 and 2 of the Pa Gur is Othona/Dubglas and Dover/Guinnion.
(ii) lake/loch/llyn/pool/stagnum match: The loch seemingly matches with that the whole Lemanis/Romney area was once a large sea-indentation and is now a marsh(land)? See maps and descriptions of Lympne/Romney in Roman to "Nennius'" times. Loch/lough can mean "a lake, arm of the sea". Compare: "... when [Lemanis] was built it was reached by an arm of the sea...." "Britain was once a land of lakes and isles. The draining of the marshes of the Vale of York, the Fens, and southern England, and the filling of many of our lakes with sediment since the end of the last ice age ~18-10 thousand years ago has left only Scotland, Cumbria and the Broads as lakeland areas." (- Andy Evans.)
(iii) name Lumonoy/Lomonoy match: While it is true that the name Lumonoy (&/or Leamhan/Levin) can be connected with Lomond (Scotland), there is No record of the use of the name "Loch Lomond" in sources earlier than the 14th C, and it also/alternatively seems that it can be connected with Lemanis/Lympne or Romney/aet_thaere_ruman_e or Lliff_Menai (Kent / East Sussex). Versions of the Lumonoy (&/or Leamhan/Levin) name of "Nennius" are Lumonoy/Lomonoy /Lemnon/Leinnon /Lomond/Lumond/"Leven" (&/or Leamain/Leamam/Lemn/Lenm/Lenin/Levin/Leun). Versions of Lemanis/Lympne name are lemanis / [lemnais/lympne/Limme, Lymme, Lymen, Limne, Limine/ Lymene/ Limden] / limen. (There are also some other similar names in Kent: lyminge, liminge, limne, and maybe Limmingce (Pa Halgan)?) Luimnech 575, Limen/Liminea 697 ("East Rother/Rothbury"), [Liminaea 740], Limnean 893? [Versions of the northern Lomond name are: Letimain lake/loch Lomond/Lumond / ben Lomond / Lennox/leamhnach(t)/lemnach/leamhain/lemain / river Levin/loch Leven / loch long.] Ken Jackson in one place agrees that Lemanis and Lomond are related names/words (though in another place claims one would not become the other). Lomond &/or Leven/Levin is variously said to come from either llyfnwy/llyfn(i)/llynvy/llyn(-wy)/limnc "smooth (water)/lake (water)", l(l)umon "(a) chimney, (a) beacon, the beacon hill" (from laom "blaze"), leamha(i)n "(an) elm, elm river, elm tree land", or limney "an island with lime trees"?
(iv) river/stream Levin match: the one river "Leamhan"/ Leamain/Leamam/Lemn/Lenm/Lenin/Levin/Leun ("Nennius"/Wonders) matches the river Lemanis or river Limen (East Rother) [or river Limden?] (Lympne/Romney). [Also, Lympne/Romney drains south like Lomond in Scotland does?]
(v) 60 rivers match: See maps and descriptions of Lympne/Romney in Roman to "Nennius'" times. "The many streams that were formerly here [Romney]...."?
(vi) islands/rocks: They say that the number of islands/rocks/etc doesn’t match loch Lomond in Scotland (though it does have a "large number of" "many" islands). We aren't sure of the exact correct match with our Lympne/Romney, but perhaps compare maps and descriptions of the area between Roman and "Nennius'" times. There might possibly be a connection with the Classis Br.
(vii) eagles: Eagles/eryri/heremi may possibly connect with Romans? If the orthodox Lomond is right then why is it "impossible to prove the number of eagles nests"?
(viii) cliffs: Very unsure if this might connect with either: Lemanis “… hanging on a clay slope…. … slipping downhill…. … the steep slope of a hill….”? or, the cliff(s) at Holywell? or, Folkstone on cliff-edge?
(ix) number/order match: The orthodox candidate Lomond could perhaps qaulify as 1st of Britian, but Lemanis also certainly qualifies as 1st of Britain. This Wonder matches Lympne/Lemanis [Tribruit]. The next Wonder may match the Arun [Agned/Badon] or Test [Badon]. (The first 4 wonders seem to go from Lemanis [Tribruit] to Portchester/Southampton [Badon]?) [Possibly the number 1 might link with 10th battle Tribruit?] The orthodox Lomond is many hundreds of miles away from their 2nd wonder Trahannon candidate at Severn.
(x) “in the region of the Picts”?: This is just in a late Arthurian source and may not be original (it is not in the "Nennius" version). ["not source before Geoff of Mon say that Arthur fought scots/picts"?] There are possible literary evidences for "Picts" in the south-east including: - "in a panegyricdelivered in 297, appears the earliest extant mention of the Picts (Picti). The anonymous author makes a poetic reference to Julius Caesar having had a relatively easy task invading Britain, since his opponents were: “... primitive and used only to foes as yet half-naked, like the Picts and the Irish [Hiberni] ...” - one or more pre-"Nennius" sources used Caledonian for the Weald (though people refuse to accept the evidences). - the Southern Picts of Hwiterne may connect with Dover / Guinnion / Ty Gwyn (or Bitterne)? - the Pictish Palace of Liber Floridus seemingly might match one of our battle sites? - Lumonoy ("in the region of the Picts") matches Lympne/Romney. - Picts killed Constantine. - [Arthrau king of picts?] / "Arthur dux/leader of the Picts/Pictorum/Pict(s')land". Yet his 9 battle sites are in the south-east. Plus compare dux bellorum, and dux Britanniarum. - Picts / Cruithne/Pretanikoi/Britons as "painted/tatooed/dyed"? - Pictavia(ns)/Picards/Picardy in France. - "Kay of Pictland". Kay is in the Pa Gur, and the 9 battle sites of the PG match the 9 battle sites of the HB. [Kay might connect with Caesar/Romans?] - Tribruit 1 of the Pa Gur is connected with Manaw(yd(dan)) which some link with Manau of Scotland/Picts. Tribruit of "Nennius" and Tribruit 2 of the Pa Gur match Lemanis/Lympne/Llif_Menai. - "Mordred son of Lot k of Picts". Lothus k of Picts vs Arthur k of Britons. Lot and Lo(n)donesia/"Lothian" may be connected with London/Lundenbyr(i)g or Lu(n)danbyrig (Othona). - "…the Britanni of South Britain were also occasionally called Caledonii and Picti...." (- James Paterson, 'Origin of the Scots and the Scottish Language'.) - "Albany/Albania" of Arthurian is not Alba / Drum Alban but is the Downs / Albion. - ["dun Eidin/edinburg(h) on pictish side of wall"?] Edinburgh is considered to be din Eidyn of the Gododdin which is considered to be Eidyn 1 &/or Eidyn 2 of the Pa Gur. Eidyn 1 of the Pa Gur seems to be Othona [Dubglas]? Eidyn 2 of the Pa Gur matches Guinnion and Dover. [- Picts/Pictish district of Horestia might possibly link with Horsa/Hengist? or Arestel/Arestal (which seems to match Celidon/Weald &/or Eidyn/Guinnion/Dover)?] - "There are Pictish elements in Tristan story", yet Tristan came from or born at city of Lions/Lyonesse near Scilly in orthodox or possibly matching our city of the legion at Richborough.
(xi) Kay [& Arthur] match: We have shown that (Kay of) Pa Gur 9 battle sites and (Arthur of) Nennius 9 battle sites match the 9 south-east [Saxon Shore] sites.
(xii) other matches: Lomond/Lumond is just after “3 several battles” in Geoff. of Mon. Some say Tribruit can mean "three (rivers)" and/or "battle" (among other suggested meanings). (Tribruit of "Nennius" and Tribruit 2 of the Pa Gur matches Lemanis/Lympne.)
The main candidate location candidates of others &/or ours for loch Lumonoy include: Letimain lake/loch Lomond/Lumond / ben Lomond / Lennox/river Levin/loch Leven (Clyde/Alclyde/Dunbarton, Scotland)? Lomond Hills ("beacons", Fife)? loch Leven / River Leven (Fife, Scotland, North sea)? tidal loch Leven / River Leven (near fort william, Scotland)? leven (Cumberland)? Lemanis/Lympne/Romney/Llif_Menai [Tribruit] (Kent/East Sussex)? Lymeregis/Lyme bay? Lymington? the Needles? Poole? Limen fortenses (Othona) [Dubglas/Linnuis]? limeni (norfolk/iceni)? Limerick/luimneach/loch Luimnigh (Eire)? Thomond (Eire)? plinlimmon? heremi/heriri/eryri ("eagle-rocks", snowdon / dinas Emrys)? between Rumney & Usk? {large lake & river Leveni (Wye, opposite Glasbyry, Gerald of Wales)? / Llangors(e) Lake / Llyn Savaddan/ Brecenanmere /Brecinau-mere/ Talyllyn Pool & river Llynfi/Lh-un-vi (in the Brecon Beacons, Hoare)? / Llan Cors / lake Syuadon & river Lyfni/Levni (bk of Llan Dav)? / poole & little river Leveney (Brechnock / Castle Dinas / Blean Leveney Castle, Camden/Holland)? / Loventium (Ptolemy)? / Castle at Lake Bricenau-Meere (Marianus Scotus)?}
Sources that #1 loch "lomond" is mentioned in include: "Nennius" 'HB'; Irish HB; Geoff of Mon; the later HB chapter headings/summaries noted by Watkins; [plinlimmon in C&O?]; [eagle rocks?].