Tintagel (Cornwall)Image Credit : chrisdorney - Shutterstock
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 ...
How many were selected in farcical aquatic ceremonies?
A couple of fascinating books have been written on the 2012-13 discovery of Richard III’s burial site and identification and forensic examination of his remains. One of them is “Digging for Richard III.”
Nut can one still park their car there?
The fate of the now-royal car park is a mystery to me, but one of the books is called “The king under the car park.”
Richard III’s discovery and re-burial is somewhat fascinating.
They’re dead, Jim
No more car park, its a museum now. per YouTube.
And King Arthur was buried in Avalon, which we now know is in New Jersey. Strangely, his tomb has never been discovered there...
A piece from 2017:
A car park in the English city of Leicester, where the remains of King Richard III were discovered five years ago, is now a protected monument.
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.”
https://www.wabe.org/english-car-park-where-remains-of-richard-iii-were-found-declared-a-monument/
Thanks. I’m looking forward to when the family names and first names are announced!:
“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.
The study has been led by Professor Ken Dark of the University of Reading and Spain’s University of Navarra, 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).
I’m surprised that some so called French Loyalty wasn’t buried in these sites. My genealogy shows a lot of so called English royalty married so called French Loyalty. Many of which apparently died in what is now the UK and were buried there.
This is what my ancestry shows. Usually when a royal died that early, they were killed by relatives or non relatives.
KING RICHARD III
No known children
Selected person
KING RICHARD III
Spouse
Parents
Unknown father
Unknown mother
Life Events
1483
Occupation
KING OF ENGLAND FROM 1483 to 1485
King Arthur was buried in Avalon, which we now know is in New Jersey. Strangely, his tomb has never been discovered there...
NJ was similar to Australia, re evil prisoners were sent to NJ.
One of my ancestors dared to be a protestant minister and was tried as a criminal and sent to the NJ swamps.
He had church members waiting for him, and he was “rescued” and formed his own church in pre USA.
>>>One of my ancestors dared to be a protestant minister and was tried as a criminal and sent to the NJ swamps
LOVE these ancestor stories.
Richard III's parents are known, his grandfather's identity may be sketchy. :^)
King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom spends some time trying to convince everyone that there wasn’t any great conflict between the Britons and the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. They just sat around one campfire singing kumbaya, and when they did have disagreements, they hugged it out.
Same has been claimed in recent years regarding the Vikings.
Crock of ****.
Anyway, this is interesting and related to this topic:
Archaeologists Discover a Rare Inscription from the Dark Ages
March 8, 2019 (2 minute preview)
Secrets of the Dead PBS
At the Tintagel excavation site in the UK, archaeologists unearth a stone inscribed with a combination of Roman Latin and a local dialect, which suggests a literate society in England’s Dark Ages. The message on the stone is one of only a handful of inscriptions from this time period ever found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDjgk-9Qfs4
Older, he’s always interesting though:
In Search of Arthur - In Search of the Dark Ages 12th March 1980
January 12, 2014
mrFalconlem
Resynced and remixed from best available sources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1tuU021TMw
In Search of Athelstan - In Search of the Dark Ages 19 March 1981
Jan 18, 2014
mrFalconlem
Resynced and remixed from best available sources.
(the link is set to the time index regarding the SW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGL89IJYpO4&t=460
All of ‘em. ;^)
Lady of the Lake (Live in Boston, MA, 1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwnmGGK2mhY
:-)
I think Al Jolson’s love is buried right next to Arthur.
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