Showing posts with label King Arthur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Arthur. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Sixty at Sixty - Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, UK

Arthur staking out his claim?


King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - fact or fantasy? Even today no one really seems to know for certain. Some believe he may have been a mythological figure based on a military leader who helped stave off a Saxon invasion in the 5th-6th centuries, but given this was during the Dark Ages, a time for which there are few historical records compared to other eras, it is likely there will always be room for debate on the subject!

Likewise, with Camelot, the supposed court of King Arthur. There have been numerous claims over the years as to its whereabouts, the latest being in 2016 when a retired professor claimed that the site was outside of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. If that's true, sadly, Camelot is now buried under a motorway.