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New study identifies the likely burials of up to 65 British Kings
Heritage Daily ^ | March 16, 2022 | unattributed

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 ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: anglesey; avalon; breckonshire; brycheiniog; caernarfon; cornwall; darkages; devon; dumnonia; dyfed; godsgravesglyphs; gwynedd; ireland; kingarthur; kings; middleages; powys; romanempire; royalty; somerset; tintagel; wales
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To: dsrtsage
Dennis: You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

Arthur: Shut up!

21 posted on 03/27/2022 11:41:04 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Blurb2350; Hillarys Gate Cult; waterhill; Bigg Red; Grampa Dave

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22 posted on 03/27/2022 11:41:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Heh...

Archaeologists dig at Pillar of Eliseg near Llangollen
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2775071/posts


23 posted on 03/27/2022 11:43:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dsrtsage

I certainly hope so, since they were buried...


24 posted on 03/27/2022 11:44:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
I think Al Jolson’s love is buried right next to Arthur.

Which one? He was married three times.
25 posted on 03/27/2022 11:48:42 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: SunkenCiv
You might get a kick out of this comedic song chronologizing all the English monarchs from William the Conqueror on.
26 posted on 03/27/2022 11:49:50 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: Dr. Franklin

This one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmaKpp51uzI


27 posted on 03/27/2022 12:11:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: P.O.E.

:^) 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. :^)


28 posted on 03/27/2022 12:19:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Grampa Dave

I had an Irish ancestor who, for love, converted to Catholicism, married her beau, and thereby lost her share of the Guiness fortune.


29 posted on 03/27/2022 12:34:28 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Bigg Red
Specifically, the location has been given scheduled monument status and described as “one of the most important sites in [the U.K.’s] … national history.”

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.

30 posted on 03/27/2022 2:16:21 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Grampa Dave; SunkenCiv
The study has been led by Professor Ken Dark

Any relation to Poldark?

31 posted on 03/27/2022 2:39:41 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: Albion Wilde

No, but he’s married to Barbie Dark.


32 posted on 03/27/2022 3:48:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Dr. Franklin
"And King Arthur was buried in Avalon, which we now know is in New Jersey. Strangely, his tomb has never been discovered there..."

His remains may not be far from Jimmy Hoffa's.

The case for Jimmy Hoffa, buried under a New Jersey bridge

33 posted on 03/27/2022 3:55:40 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Blurb2350

He was a bit paved.....................


34 posted on 03/28/2022 5:26:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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I set the time index to the "Legend of King Arthur" segment; it starts at Cadbury, but winds up at Tintagel.
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Mysteries of the Ancient World - Myths and Legends | March 13, 2016 | Questar Entertainment

35 posted on 03/29/2022 6:57:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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