Caw of Strathclyde

495–501 AD) was a semi-legendary king of Strathclyde in Scotland.

He flourished in the Hen Ogledd Period of Sub-Roman Britain and ruled from a castle at Alt Clut.

Legend holds he fought King Arthur.

This was a very turbulent time and coincided with the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England.

The most well-known was Gildas, which possibly accounts for the poor presentation of King Arthur (and also Constantine) in Gildas' writing.

Looking north at Dumbarton Rock , chief fort of Strathclyde from the 6th century to 870. The fort of Alt Clut was on the right-hand summit.