<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clan Duncan has no chief, and is an armigerous clan </Td> </Tr> <P> The personal name Duncan can be found in Scotland's oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad / Donchadh / Donachie / Donnchadh and other spelling variants . </P> <P> (Dunchad) Duncan, originally a forename is one of the earliest names in Scotland--and originates from the Dalriadan Celtic Celtic Scotii (Scots) from Ireland who colonised the south west of Scotland from about the 4th century AD . Dúnchad (Duncan mac Conaing) co-ruled Dalriada with Conall II (c. 650 - 654). </P> <P> Other early accounts of the name include the 9 feet (2.7 m) inscribed' 4th century AD Turpillian Stone' located at Crickhowell, Wales . A particularly early mention of the name Duncan . Inscribed in Ogham (an early form of Celtic writing) on the stone also carried the Latin translation "TURPILLI IC IACIT PUUERI TRILUNI DUNOCATI" which roughly translates as' The Fort Warrior' . Mention is also made of Dunchad (Duncan) the 11th Abbot of Iona, 707--717AD (later St. Dunchadh) and Dunchad (Duncan) the 39th Abbot in 989AD . </P>

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