Quote Originally Posted by Taliferno View Post
The annals of Ulster is another source, with a pretty garbled account of it. Again, no mention of chariots...
just read that St Adomnán of Iona mentions it (and the chariot) in the Vita Columbae. The chariots aren't actually used in battle, but, according to Adomnán, the king [B]escapes[B] from the battle in a chariot.
Ah, got it - http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/L201040/index.html My Latin is worse than my Irish, but I think the relevant passage is Sed et de rege Cruithniorum, qui Echodius Laib vocitabatur, quemadmodum victus, currui insidens evaserit, similiter Sanctus prophetizavit. Still, it's a bit of a leap from one of the Lives saying that a Pictish king, as the Saint had foretold, escaped in a chariot (or something like) to saying that this was a battle fought with chariots... it's funny how when you start digging deep, a lot of history is a game of Chinese whispers.