Editing Rheged (section)

==Discovery of a possible royal centre of Rheged==
In 2012 archaeologists found evidence at [[Trusty's Hill]] near the town of [[Gatehouse of Fleet]], in Galloway, southwest Scotland, which they interpreted as suggesting that the site may have been a royal centre of Rheged's capital {{circa|600&nbsp;AD}}. One of the lead researchers, Ronan Toolis, stated that their findings revealed structural ruins atop the hill. These originally belonged to a fortification system with a timber-reinforced stone rampart where the main fortification was supplemented by smaller defensive works along the low-lying slopes. According to Toolis, this suggests the presence of a royal stronghold of the period.<ref name=Toolis2016/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxbowbooks.com/blog/2017/07/26/festival-of-archaeology-2017-behind-the-scenes-of-the-lost-dark-age-kingdom-of-rheged/|title=Festival of Archaeology 2017 – Behind the Scenes of the Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged|website=Oxbow Books|date=2017}}</ref> The historian [[Roger Collins]] is sceptical, arguing that the evidence does not fit [the excavators'] favoured interpretation of the site as a royal centre".<ref>[https://www.socantscot.org/resource/the-lost-dark-age-kingdom-of-rheged-the-discovery-of-a-royal-stronghold-at-trustys-hill-galloway-by-ronan-toolis-and-christopher-bowles/ Review by Roger Collins of Toolis and Bowles, ''The Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged'', The Society of Antiquities of Scotland, n.d.]</ref>