Coire, Loch; lands probably held by Moddan family. Coire-na-fearn, (Cornefern) Strathnavern; part of Johanna's estate. Collingwood, W.G., on Thorfinn as "king of Catanesse."; see _Scandinavian Britain_, transl. _William the Wanderer_. Columba, St.; Adamnan's Life of; mission to Picts, settlement in Iona; clergy removed to Dunkeld; relics removed; patron saint of Scot and Pict; his cult and culture destroyed by Norse. Columban settlements of hermits and missionaries; Columban church; replaced by Catholic. Columbus; discovered America long after Norsemen. Comyn, Alexr.; see Buchan, earl of. Comyn, John, m. Matilda heiress of Malcolm, earl of Angus. Comyn, Walter; earl of Menteith. Constantine I; viking raids. Constantine II; Norse seize C. and S. Constantine III; Danish attacks. Constantinople (Micklegarth). Coracles, Pictish boats. Cortachy, advowson of. Craig Carrill Broch; Roman tablets found. Crakaig, crooked bay, now drained. Creich, owned by Hugo Freskyn; including Assynt; granted by Hugo Freskyn to Gilbert while archdeacon of Moray. Crinan, Abthane of Dunkeld, m. Bethoc, dau. of Malcolm II. Croc Skardie; (?) Sigurd's Howe. Cromarty; northern Suter of; Norse place-names; Macbeth's property. Cruithne and his seven sons. Curle, A.O.; early monuments of Caith. and Sutherland. Cyderhall, see Sigurd's Howe. Dale, Dalar or Dalr, C.; earl Skuli slain; home of Moddan. Dalharrold, on River Naver; belonged to Johanna. Dalriadic kingdom. Dalrymple's Collections, on divorce; on earl Magnus II. Damsey; earl Erlend killed. Danes; Irish Danes. Darratha-Liod. Dasent, Sir G.W.; transl. _Orkneyinga Saga_, q.v.; _Oxford Essays_, q.v.; _Saga of Burnt Njal_, q.v. David I, king of Scotland; church organisation; earldom of Caithness held of him; his tutor John, bishop of Glasgow; visited by Sweyn Asleifarson; introduced feudal barons and charters; at Duffus Castle; by education a Norman knight. David II. David Haraldson, earl of Orkney and Caith.; did not have earl Ragnvald's share of Caith. earldom; succeeded to a reduced territory; sole earl of Orkney; joint earl with earl John; death. Dawey (Dalvey). Death in bed, a reproach among Norse. Deer; earls Ragnvald and Harald hunted red deer and reindeer in Caithness; red deer abounded in Cat. Deerness, Mull of; sea-fight between Thorfinn and Duncan I; king Hakon's fleet passed. Deerstalking, days of, Scrope. De Moravia, see under Freskyn. Dingwall; southern limit of Norse. Dirlot, or Dilred, in Strathmore, C. Dolfin, son of Maldred. Dollar; Scots defeated by Danes. Donada, dau. of Malcolm II, m. Finnleac. Donald, supposed son of Malcolm III.