Beregonium, Scotland's lost capital
There is a legend of a fallen city, once the glorious capital of the ancient Scots, before it was destroyed in fire. But where did the story come from? High on a rock the palace stood, Looking afar o'er vale and flood, Amid a mighty citadel, To force of man impregnable. Seven towers it had of ample space, Which still the stranger well may trace. Much famed in legendary lore, 'Twas Selma in the days of yore, But east and north the city lay, On ridge and vale, from bay to bay,
