{{short description|Purported lost city in Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Evonium''' is a purported lost city in Scotland first described by Hector Boece in his 16th-century ''Scotorum Historiae''. According to Boece, it hosted the coronation of forty kings and was located in the Lochaber area.<ref name=hector>{{cite book| title=The History of the Scots from Their First Origin| url=http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/boece/fronteng.html| last=Boece of Dundee| first=Hector| year=1575| accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref> Boece's translator John Bellenden substituted Dunstaffnage for Evonium which led to the belief that the Stone of Scone was once kept at Dunstaffnage Castle.<ref name=skene>{{cite book| title=The Coronation Stone| first=William F.| last=Skene| date=7 June 1869| page=14| publisher=Edmonston & Douglas| location=Edinburgh| url=https://archive.org/stream/coronationstone00unkngoog#page/n29/mode/2up| accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref>
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Category:16th century in Scotland Category:Lost cities and towns Category:Former cities in Scotland Category:Geography of Argyll and Bute Category:Geography of North Ayrshire Category:Scottish monarchy Category:Lost places in Scotland
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