Evonium is a purported

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first described by

Hector Boece Hector Boece (; also spelled Boyce or Boise; 1465–1536), known in Latin as Hector Boecius or Boethius, was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and the first Ancient university governance in Scotland, Principal of King's College, Aberdeen, ...

in his 16th-century '' Scotorum Historiae''. According to Boece, it hosted the coronation of forty kings and was located in the

Lochaber Lochaber ( ; ) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig. Lochaber once extended from the Northern shore of Loch Leven, a distric ...

area. Boece's translator John Bellenden substituted Dunstaffnage for Evonium which led to the belief that the

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was once kept at

Dunstaffnage Castle Dunstaffnage Castle () is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It lies NNE of Oban, situated on a platform of conglomerate rock on a promontory at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive, and is surrounded on ...

. Writer A. J. Morton has suggested that if Evonium actually existed it could have been located at

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, Ayrshire, known historically as Erewyn, Ervin or Erevine.

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16th century in Scotland Lost cities and towns Former cities in Scotland Geography of Argyll and Bute Geography of North Ayrshire Scottish monarchy Lost places in Scotland {{Europe-myth-stub