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- Most scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, its unspecified geography being perfect for chivalric romance writers. Nevertheless, arguments about the location of the "real Camelot" have occurred since the 15th century and continue today in popular works and for tourism purposes.
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Camelot was the legendary castle of King Arthur, although whether it was a real location is still an unsolved question. Camelot is never mentioned in Arthur’s earliest known stories. The first mention where King Arthur holds court explicitly Camelot, is in Chrétien de Troyes’ romance Lancelot, written between 1160 and 1180.
- TINTAGEL. By 1998, the story of King Arthur had been all but dismissed as myth when a mysterious stone slab dating from the 6 century was found hidden in the craggy remains of Tintagel Castle.
- CADBURY CASTLE. Despite Camelot’s prominence in Arthurian legend, historians haven’t been able to nail down where the kingdom—if real—was located. Some theorists have posited that Arthur’s homestead was located in South Cadbury, a civil parish in Somerset, England.
- CAERLEON. A number of prominent Arthurian writers, including Geoffrey of Monmouth (writer of The History of the Kings of Britain), indicate that King Arthur and his court were for a time stationed at the Welsh village Caerleon.
- THE GREAT HALL OF WINCHESTER CASTLE. Since the 15 century, Arthur believers thought that the real Round Table was located in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle in modern day Winchester, a city in Hampshire, England.
Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and, since the Lancelot-Grail cycle, eventually came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm and a symbol of the Arthurian world.
Dec 19, 2016 · A retired professor from the UK says he might have pinpointed the location of Camelot, the legendary castle where stories claim that King Arthur held court some 1,400 years ago - if he actually existed.
Aug 18, 2023 · Camelot, the legendary court and castle of King Arthur, was a peerless seat of chivalry. But did it actually exist?
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Mar 7, 2023 · Historians have argued that Camelot, rather than being a purpose-built castle, would have been housed in a structure already built and left over by the Romans.
Camelot, the castle and the court associated with King Arthur, has become a byword for a place of magic and enchantment. It was the capital of the realms governed by Arthur. However, did Camelot actually exist?
