Relating to the Dalradian, a region of ancient Scotland; also refers to the Dalradian group of rocks, a major geological formation in Scotland.
From 'Dalriada,' a medieval Scottish kingdom. In geology, the Dalradian refers to metamorphic rocks formed during the Neoproterozoic to Ordovician periods, named after the ancient kingdom of Dalriada.
Scotland's bedrock literally preserves the name of an ancient kingdom—geologists named a 1,200-million-year-old rock formation after Dalriada, turning a forgotten medieval place into eternal stone, visible in every Scottish mountain.
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