# Evonium

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{{short description|Purported lost city in Scotland}}
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'''Evonium''' is a purported [lost city](/source/lost_city) in [Scotland](/source/Scotland) first described by [Hector Boece](/source/Hector_Boece) in his 16th-century ''[Scotorum Historiae](/source/Scotorum_Historiae)''. According to Boece, it hosted the coronation of forty kings and was located in the [Lochaber](/source/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](/source/Stone_of_Scone) was once kept at [Dunstaffnage Castle](/source/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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