Comments on: The King Arthur Tour

By: Paul S

Paul S — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:21:36 +0000

Just revisiting some old haunts, so to speak. I went through Somerset — Glastonbury, Cadbury Hill — in 1976. Might be time to go back. So I Googled “cadbury hill camelot” and found your pages here. Great photo of the Glastonbury Tor “island” in the fog. Did you take that? From… where, pray tell?

Thanks,

–PS

By: phill

phill — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:13:34 +0000

hi all just visiting while doing research for my second arthurian based novel, great pics by the way love the ones of glastonbury tor and tintagel, have to say i disagree about stonehenge been a soulless attraction, i had the pleasure of been stranded on the road directly opposite stone henge at sunrise one morning and the feeling i got was indescribable, it truly is a magical place maybe the magic of stonehenge is only there at certain times like the soltices for examples, who knows anyway if anyone would be interested you can read an extract from my first book based around the king arthur legends entitled the quest at my link, all the best
phill

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:26:19 +0000

The ruins at Tintagel are beautiful and evocative–the town is a travesty of Arthurian schlock. Cornwall has many sites attributed to the Arthurian saga with my favorites being Dozmary Pond and The Hurlers. Dozmary Pond is more like a lake to me and is supposed to be where Excaliber rose to the surface for presentation to Arthur and where it was thrown back after Arthur’s death. No one knows what the manmade stone circles called the Hurlers was about but a gold goblet was excavated there quite some time ago and has led to a lot of speculation connected to the Arthur legend. What’s really cool about The Hurlers is that they seem to radiate a sort of energy and mystery that indicates a power still resides there. This is not the case for Stonehenge which may be more well known but evinces no spirit at all. It’s just an overvisited, soulless tourist destination.

By: Scriveysn

Scriveysn — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:00:01 +0000

When I was there, a couple of school classes were playing football in the Amphitheatre in Caerleon.
Not what I think fair use of an ancient monument – rename it Careless?