Archaeologists Uncover Evidence Linked To Merlin, King Arthur Legend

Daily Caller ^ | September 04, 2024 | KAY SMYTHE

[Red Badger]

Archaeologists revealed Tuesday that there may actually be some truth to the legend of Merlin and his death in Scotland.

The legend goes that Merlin, loyal advisor to King Arthur, was imprisoned in Drumelzier in the Dark Ages, before being killed and buried on the banks of the river Tweed, according to a study published in the journal Archaeology Reports Online. A geophysical survey revealed that there is a grave-like pit in the region. When archaeologists started digging, what they found seemed quite unexpected.

Excavations conducted at Tinnis Fort, which overlooks the area of Merlin’s grave in Drumelzier, found it was inhabited around the time of the legend (3rd to 6th century A.D.). Around this time, residents added to a series of Bronze Age round barrows (mounds made between 2200 B.C. and 1100 B.C.)

“Given how many hillforts there are in this neck of the woods, almost all of which are much earlier Iron Age settlements, it seems to be a remarkable coincidence that the one hillfort associated with this local legend, dates to exactly the same time as the story is set, especially when hillforts of the post-Roman period are quite rare,” GUARD Archaeology CEO and project lead Ronan Toolis told The National.

The discovery doesn’t prove the story of Merlin is true but rather suggests the lore originated in the region. “Perhaps it originated as a folk memory, to be embellished over the centuries before it spread far and wide and changed out of almost all recognition,” Toolis added.

While most of us know Merlin as a prominent, respected individual, his legend in Drumelzier is quite different. Apparently he was a pitiful man, held captive by a mad tyrant, prone to muttering “nonsensical riddles and bewildering prophecies.” But wouldn’t you go a bit mad if some bloke locked you up in the middle of Scotland?

[dfwgator]

“I warned you,
but did you listen to me?
Oh, no, you knew it all, didn’t you?
Oh, it’s just a harmless
little bunny, isn’t it?”

[Beowulf9]

Article doesn’t really tell us much about what they found in the hill fort beyond saying it was inhabited and dated to the time of the legend and that is a 300 year span. What was it they found that tied to the legend?

They said it overlooks the area of Merlin’s grave in Drumelzier. They know where Merlin was buried?

Another article says:

“ The local tale of Merlin, however, diverges significantly from the popular image of him as a wise advisor to King Arthur. The Drumelzier legend portrays Merlin as a tragic, somewhat pathetic figure, prone to spouting confusing riddles and prophecies, imprisoned by a minor tyrant before meeting a grim end—victimized by royal scheming”

Struck me that sounds like Biden and Kamala 😆

https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/archaeologists-uncover-compelling-new-evidence-linking-merlin-legend-to-scottish-village

[Red Badger]

...”What was it they found that tied to the legend?”...

The fact that it was there, and from the proper time period..............

[DannyTN]

[Beowulf9]

WHAT was there?

[Red Badger]

A specific type of grave site...............

[Beowulf9]

Alright, well, I’ll let it go at that.

[Little Bill]

in Scottish Gaelic everything is a nonsensical riddle......

My Great Granny was born Elisabeth Deroche (spelling) in Southern Scotland. Her Mother died when she was a baby and she was given to her Mothers family the Maxwell's.

They emigrated to the States in the 1850’s and Deroche became Durrah, (not my name). She has hundreds of Durrah descendants no Deroche ones.

[Bigg Red]

MarQ

[sergeantdave]

“Apparently he was a pitiful man, held captive by a mad tyrant, prone to muttering “nonsensical riddles and bewildering prophecies.”

Meanwhile, leftists consider Stalin, Mao and Hitler as greater magicians because they made millions of people disappear.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

• Holyrood Park & Arthur's Seat | Visit Scotland dot com
• Tombeau de Merlin | Wikipedia

[Ciaphas Cain]

My favorite depiction of Merlin.

[Redcitizen]

Former tagline ping.

[tet68]

Locked up in Scotland, fed on Haggis, it’s enough tae drive a mon madd.

[Redcitizen]

That was Hilarious. Thanks for posting.

[Redcitizen]

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[Paal Gulli]

Since there is zero archaeological or reliable historical records showing that King Arthur existed, there then is a less than zero chance that Merlin existed.

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[SunkenCiv]

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• King Arthur's round table may have been found by archaeologists in Scotland [08/26/2011]
• New Book Claims Merlin Had Scottish Roots [08/27/2007]
• Scotland's Whirling Goddess or the Holy Grail? [08/28/2006]

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• Times reporter's testimony sought in leak trial (James Risen) [12/16/2014]
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• 2,000-year-old Holy Thorn Tree of Glastonbury is cut down by vandals [12/09/2010]
• Historians locate King Arthur's Round Table [07/11/2010]
• Pillar of Eliseg: Archaeologists dig beneath 9th Century monument [07/04/2010]
• Roman fort found in Cornwall 'rewrites history' [06/24/2010]
• The Real History of the Holy Grail [08/25/2009]
• Ancient Britain Had Apartheid-Like Society, Study Suggests [07/28/2009]
• Medieval canals spotted from air [08/31/2008]
• King Arthur Is Propaganda, Say French [06/29/2008]
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• Very interesting exchange by Risen on Sources [04/24/2006]
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• Archaeologists Unearth Britain's Own Miniature Coliseum [05/17/2005]
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• New Dating For Wat's Dyke [07/30/2004]
• Fahrenheit A.D. 467 -- Apologies to Ray Bradbury [07/21/2004]
• Politically Correcting the Legend (King Arthur for our post-modern times) [07/20/2004]
• Tuscan 'Excalibur' Mystery To Be Unearthed [03/02/2004]
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[dayglored]

> Former tagline ping.

Good memory, thanks!