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- Medieval texts locate it somewhere in Great Britain and sometimes associate it with real cities, though more usually its precise location is not revealed. Most scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, its unspecified geography being perfect for chivalric romance writers.
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Camelot was King Arthur’s capital, where he reigned over the Britons before the Saxon invasion, according to legend. It does not appear on any authentic early map from that time period. The words “cam” and “camel” do, however, appear as elements in pre-Saxon British location names.
Medieval texts locate it somewhere in Great Britain and sometimes associate it with real cities, though more usually its precise location is not revealed. Most scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, its unspecified geography being perfect for chivalric romance writers.
Winchester, Hampshire, is specifically identified as Camelot by Thomas Malory. William Caxton , in his preface to Malory's book, said that the Round Table itself was at Winchester Castle, and that anyone who wished to see it could go there.
It is highly unlikely that this town was the real Camelot because of geography. Camulodunum is located in the southeast of England. The pagan invaders who descended on England after the last Roman legions left the island would have most likely landed on the east coast.
A retired Bangor University English Literature Professor has revealed what he believes to be the location of Arthur’s Camelot- and it turns out to be a small Roman fort at Slack, outside Huddersfield. (Updated 20.12.16).
Sep 30, 2015 · 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...
Oct 19, 2021 · King Arthur’s mythical city, Camelot, has been a site of intrigue for centuries since it was first mentioned in 12th-century French poetry. Even today, people ask whether the city of Camelot existed in historical reality, attempting to coax a physical location from across the United Kingdom.
