I set the time index to the "Legend of King Arthur" segment; it starts at Cadbury, but winds up at Tintagel.Mysteries of the Ancient World - Myths and Legends
March 13, 2016 | Questar Entertainment
Posted on 03/27/2022 8:09:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland has identified the likely burials of up to 65 British Kings and senior royals... Prior to the study, only one post-Roman burial of an indigenous British monarch from the Dark Ages has been identified (although nine Anglo-Saxon royal graves have been found on previous excavations).
Archaeologists now suggest that 20 probable royal burial complexes each containing up to five graves (with a further 11 burial complexes under consideration) have been identified that appear to date from the fifth and sixth centuries AD.
During this period, the east and south of England was carved up into dozens of small kingdoms after the collapse of Roman Britain, ruled by Anglo-Saxon kings of fully or partially Germanic origin. In the west and the north, post-Roman royal dynasties emerged of mainly Celtic indigenous British or Irish-originating dynastic origins.
...proposing that sites identified in Wales, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset contain indigenous high-status royal burials associated with the British kingdoms of Gwynedd (north-west Wales), Dyfed (south-west Wales), Powys (central east Wales), Brycheiniog (modern Breckonshire) and Dumnonia (now south-west England).
The researchers compared these previously excavated sites with royal burials in Ireland and noted that the British sites mostly have a rectangular or square ditched enclosure, with many appearing to have had entry gates and access causeways protected by fences or palisades...
Among the most important burials are of those identified in Caernarfon and Anglesey (in North Wales) and the famous site of Tintagel in Cornwall that has associated claims to the legendary King Arthur.
(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...
Arthur: Shut up!
Heh...
Archaeologists dig at Pillar of Eliseg near Llangollen
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I certainly hope so, since they were buried...
:^) Thanks! As a geeky kid, one summer I memorized the K & Q in order starting with The Bastard himself. Not that many years ago I found out that he’s an ancestor, along with Alfred, Charlemagne, raft of others, wasn’t expecting that. :^)
I had an Irish ancestor who, for love, converted to Catholicism, married her beau, and thereby lost her share of the Guiness fortune.
One thing I love about archaeologists is that they will tell you that they don't care about kings and palaces, they prefer digging in old latrines because that's where you really get to understand the past; kings don't really matter. Then they find a king and that's out window instantly.
Any relation to Poldark?
No, but he’s married to Barbie Dark.
His remains may not be far from Jimmy Hoffa's.
He was a bit paved.....................
I set the time index to the "Legend of King Arthur" segment; it starts at Cadbury, but winds up at Tintagel.Mysteries of the Ancient World - Myths and Legends
March 13, 2016 | Questar Entertainment
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