Posted on 08/10/2016 1:38:35 AM PDT by LibWhacker
A royal palace has been discovered in the area reputed to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
The palace discovered at Tintagel in Cornwall is believed to date from the sixth century - around the time that the legendary king may have lived.
They believe the one-metre thick walls being unearthed are from a 6th century palace belonging to the rulers of the ancient south-west British kingdom of Dumnonia.
Excavations have been taking place at the site as part of a five-year research project being run by English Heritage at the 13th century Tintagel Castle in Cornwall to find out more about the historic site from the fifth to the seventh centuries.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
STILL a better executive than Obama (or Hillary).
1st knight: “camelot!”
2nd knight: “camelot!”
3rd knight: “camelot!”
Valet: (mumbles) “It’s only a model!”
All: “shhh!”
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Soil brought in on dirty shoes?
If a site is abandoned, earthworms may be responsible for burying it.
The Grass and other vegetation builds up the soil level in open areas, particularly farmland.
In built up areas it is mostly human activity ,Trash , Dung, muddy shoes :) ,and even river silting, that causes it to rise.
It has to be remembered that the vast majority of the sites that we now consider as historically important and so maintain ,where for many centuries at the mercy of “Quarrying” and Vegetational Soil deposition.
The rate of burial is not constant through out the land, it is dependant on Soil type and local environmental factors, and hence the growth characteristics of the local Vegetation.
For example the concrete building footings of the facilities used by Barns Wallace in the New Forest to develop the Tall-Boy and Grand Slam bombs have almost vanished from view in the Moss and grass that has covered the site. The Door steps are already under an inch of soil. That’s just in 70 years.
I saw this on Stargate SG-1
In any case, 6th century settlement is strong indication that Sidney Toy's belief that the official guidebook is a load of cobblers and the "Medieval" castle is actually a modified Dark Age fortification is close to the truth.
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