Literary
Locations
Literary Places
EBK tries to see where those Arthurian places might really
have been located.
Literary
Kingdoms
EBK presents a map of Arthurian Britain as it might have
been seen by medieval writers.
Arthur's Burial
Atherstone
Controversial last resting place of one of two King Arthurs
according to Blackett & Wilson.
Glastonbury
Abbey
Popular Tradition says Arthur was buried at Glastonbury. Or did
the monks make it all up?
Mynydd-y-Gaer
Caer Caradoc of legend according to Blackett & Wilson.
Discovery point of their famous 'Arthur Stone'.
Arthur's Sleeping Place
Alderley Edge
Merlin was the Wizard of Alderley in Cheshire & Arthur
sleeps nearby.
Caerleon
One of the many Arthurian traditions from the town says Arthur
still sleeps nearby.
Craig-y-Ddinas
Dramatic rock formation in Glamorganshire where Arthur sleeps.
Eildon
Hills
Beautiful rolling hills, in the Scottish Borders, hiding King
Arthur's secret cave.
Forest
of Paimpont
The heart of Breton Arthurianism, where the great man still
sleeps in a secret cave.
Ogof
Arthur
Mysterious cave off the dramatic Anglesey coast where Arthur
lies sleepily hidden.
Ogof
Llanciau Eryri
"Cave of the Young Men of Snowdon," where Arthur & his
knights repose.
Richmond
Castle
Yorkshire cliff-top stronghold below which Potter Thompson
discovered the sleeping Arthur!
Sewingshield
Crags
Runaway ball of wool finds the sleeping King along Hadrians
Wall!
Avalon
Bardsey
Island
This mystical isle off the Welsh Coast could equally have been
Avalon.
Glastonbury
Where was Avalon, where Arthur died? Popular tradition points to
Glastonbury.
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Camelot
Cadbury Castle
Did those excavations in the 60s really prove this ancient
hillfort to be the great Camelot?
Caerleon
This place has so many Arthurian traditions, surely it must have
been Camelot?
Caerwent
Little specific Arthurian tradition here, but compelling
arguments suggest it was Camelot.
Camelford
The name speaks for itself. But is this proof enough?
Camelon
A Scottish Camelot? David Carroll revives a forgotten tradition.
Carlisle
Norma Goodrich suggests this ancient city as the seat of a
Northern Arthur.
Colchester
The Roman 'Camulodunum'. Surely the original of the name,
Camelot?
Graig
Llwyn
Blackett & Wilson's unlikely Camelot claimant in the Cardiff
suburbs.
Killbury
Small 'hillfort' in Cornwall thought to be Arthur's Court of
Kelliwic.
Llanmelin
Great hillfort of the Silures of Gwent. Barber & Pykitt
think this was Camelot.
Slack
Little known Yorkshire town was Roman 'Camulodunum'. Northern
Arthur ahoy!
Stirling
Castle
Hill-top Scottish stonghold named as 'second' Camelot by
Goodrich.
Winchester
Could the controversial Round Table at Winchester Castle
possibly be the real thing?
Merlin's Prison
Bardsey Island
Where Merlin is said to reside in his invisible 'House of
Glass'.
Bryn
Myrddin
Merlin's Hill near the town of his birth, Carmarthen.
Marlborough
Is this where Merlin is buried, or merely imprisoned?
Tombeau
de Merlin
Merlin's megalith, still a place of mystery in the heart of
Breton King Arthur Country.
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Excalibur's
Lake
Bosherston
Lily Ponds
Lakes in West Wales which claim Excalibur to be within their
depths.
Dozmary
Pool
Most Famous last resting place of King Arthur's sword on bleak
Bodmin Moor.
L'Etang
de Comper
Legends of the Lady of the Lake seem to centre on the Forest of
Paimpont in Brittany.
Llyn
Llydaw
Camlann was fought in the shadow of Snowdon. Bedivere threw
Excalibur into the waters here.
Looe
Pool
Dozmary is not the only place in Cornwall to claim Excalibur for
itsself.
Pomparles
Bridge
Bridge near Glastonbury where Bedivere returned Excalibur to the
depths.
Grail Castles
Castell
Dinas Bran
The castle of the Kings of Powys appears to have been the
original Grail Castle, Corbenic.
The
Chalice Well
Glastonbury's candidate for the Grail's last resting place. Did
Joseph of Arimathea hide it here? Nanteos
House
Monks fleeing Glastonbury are said to have ended up in Mid-Wales
with the Grail. Roslyn
Chapel
This amazing Scottish Templar Chapel is said to hide the Grail
within its foundations. Whittington
Castle
Did Sir Fulk FitzWaryn keep the Marian
Chalice in his private chapel here? Was it the Grail?
Miscellaneous
Bamburgh
Castle
The real Joyous Guard. Sir Lancelot's home in the North,
snatched from wicked Sir Brian.
Glastonbury
Tor
Guinevere was kidnapped by King Melwas. Find out where she was
held captive.
Hentland
Church
Home of St. Dyfrig who apparently officiated at King Arthur's
Coronation.
Pendragon
Castle
Cumbrian home of King Arthur's enemy, the wicked Sir Brian of
the Isles.
Tintagel
Castle
Most famous of Arthurian sites. His dramatic island birthplace
with archaeology to boot.
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