The Roman Map of Britain Tarvedunum or Orcas promontorium perhaps two separate places Holborn Head and Dunnet Head, Caithness
Tarouedoum h kai OrkaV
akra Tarvedum
sive Orcas promontorium vars. Tarouhdoumh
Tarvedume, Tarouidoum Tarvidum,
Taroueda Tarveda
(Ptolemy II
3 1)
Meta to Tarouedoum akron h
thn Orkada post
Tarvedum promontorium sive Orcadem
(Ptolemy II
3 4)
Taroaidounou akron thV
kai OrkadoV kaloumenhV akraV Taroaedunum
promontorium sive Orcas promontorium
(Marcianus Heracleensis Periplus
Maris Exteri II 45)
Orkan (akrwthrion) Orcadem
(Diodorus Siculus History V 21)
commonly considered Dunnet Head, Caithness
Watson CPNS p36 noted that Macbain thought Tarvedunum prom. either Holborn Head or Dunnet Head. He pointed out that Holborn Head was closer to the river Thurso 'Bull's Water.' Dunnet Head being closer to the Orkneys might be Orcas promontorium; while Holborn Head might be Tarvedunum promontorium - two distinct places, confounded.