Camelot: Can Archaeologists Find Evidence Of King Arthur’s Legendary Castle? | Myth Hunters

According to legend King Arthur led his knights from Camelot, a grand castle on a hill. But is there any truth to this legend? In the 1960s archaeologist Leslie Alcock, known for his showmanship, identified a hill in Somerset as the possible site of Camelot. He gathered a team and, using cutting-edge technology, they uncovered the truth.
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[@lindakay9552]

4:06 Wheeler jumped out at me instantly. Looked at my family tree. I have a 13th great grandmother, Helene Roberta Wheeler Hendricks, 1504-1532, born in Stapenhill, Derbyshire, England.

[@yvonnesmith6152]

And?

[@lindakay9552]

@@yvonnesmith6152 she could be related. Duh.

[@gaylemalone5897]

Thanks I love anything about King Arthur

[@TywysogCraig]

He was a cymro, like me

[@lianefehrle9921]

This fellow still found things that started questions in people’s minds

[@karphin1]

Any archaeology is fascinating and helps us understand our forebears and what the land was like centuries ago.

[@JEM1989]

Alcock was able to see, Other facts have come up, time to listen and change my view point. Being able to LEARN and Grow is an admirable trait in any human, but especially for that age.

[@Exiledk]

Excalibur was not set in stone. Excalibur was presented to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake.

[@tammydeboard6537]

Thank you for creating the narrator on this mistake.

[@revolvermaster4939]

Camelot was exposed by Monty Python!

[@Bobario1]

It is a silly place.

[@naricewoolon3248]

Look to Wales there are Arthurs, and boundaries change.

[@The-6666]

I’m at Glastonbury festival and this came up on my feed

[@s.kertanguy8433]

about 30 km southwest of Rennes. The forest of Broceliande is a mythical forest imagined by Chrétien de Troyes in the late 12th century. In his Arthurian novel "The Lion Knight",

[@tammydeboard6537]

In everything I have seen about this also says Merlin was real and could see the future. Why didn't he see his own death? Stories of dragons and wizards we know isn't real. I do believe a man did live and was a King back then But I believe the story of Arthur and his knights is just a very good story.

[@mattskustomkreations]

I don’t think they proved it wasn’t impossible for Arthur to have existed at So Cadbury…

[@sharonhearne5014]

Interesting luxury details have since been found at Tintagel digs.

[@tammydeboard6537]

I would really like to believe he was real. But nobody can really prove it. Look at history. There is proof that Sparta and the 300 is real. That's way before King Arthur. I haven't seen anything to say that this story really happened. Yet I still watch everything I can about him hoping to see proof.

[@owentaylor9884]

Nobody knows yet, not until I tell the story.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

I Arthur was around during the dark ages when everything was in complete disarray I think we'd have heard about it.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@philipmcdonagh1094 That's just when we do hear about him, in Gildas & Bede.

[@poopoosplatter99]

​@@danielferguson3784show me the Bede mentions of Arthur. I'll wait here.

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[@patdaveydrums]

no

[@oldplucker1]

Camelot was most likely Camulodunum the most important hill fort to the Celts which they called Camulodunon. Caer Camulod was probably how Camelot got named. Camelot is from the French tales so Camulod pronounced with a French accent would be Camelot. And Guinevere would be pronounced Jenifer in Britain. Arthur ‘The Bear’ Cuneglas, was singled out for criticism by Gildas, probably because Arthur killed his brother. Arthur’s original fort was in Rhos in Gwent and is still there. But on becoming chief, Camulodunum would have been so much more important as a military garrison town. Camulodunum was the Cultural Capital in Roman Britain with the largest chariot racing circus outside of Rome! Even the Normans knew how important Camulodunum was and built the biggest Keep in Europe on the base of The Temple of Claudius! Even bigger than the Tower of London. Arthur (Cuneglas) probably fought battles in Rheged, Strathclyde and further south. Someone put an end to the AngloSaxon advance for a generation. Most likely was Cuneglas (Arthur, The Bear).

[@danielferguson3784]

@@oldplucker1 But Cuneglass means blue dog, nothing to do with bear, so he's not Arthur. Also by about 500 if not earlier, Colchester would have been unavailable to the Britons as that far east the country was already lost to the Saxons, but they could hope to retake it. The Keep is so big because the temple foundations were, not specially made big. Also It's Circus is probably not the only one in the country, just the only one known, & not the biggest outside Rome. If Arthur's base was so far west in Wales then he was a very minor warlord, who could not have stopped the enemy in the main areas of the province of Britannia.

[@oldplucker1]

@@danielferguson3784 His Hill Fort is at Dinerth which means the Hill Fort of the Bear. Gildas refers to something like the ‘receptacle of the bear’. We are not talking about the name Cuneglas or Cuneglasus. ‘The Bear’ was his Sobriquet! Like sportsmen like Wrestlers and Golfers get named similarly. For example: Jack Nicklaus (The Golden Bear)

[@danielferguson3784]

@@oldplucker1 You don't know if it was his real name or not, but the line in the Cathreath poem 'he was no Arthur' about another hero suggests that it actually was his actual name. Many just try to identify him with others to fit a narrative, but all that is speculation.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@oldplucker1 Only the Yorkshire Camulodunum was a hill fort, the Essex place was on low ground, but was the Capital of Roman Britain in the conquest period, so important in memory as such.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

If an elephant can find water up to twenty miles away with their trunk I don't see why a person cant find it a few feet away with an old wire coat-hanger or two.

[@kevinhurley6919]

Wtf kind of stupid logic are you vomiting into the comment section? Its thought processes like this that reenforce the idea od iq tests to be able to vote. How the hell do you make it though the day with a brain so damn disfunctional? Jesus christ..

[@arbjful]

I think pigs and boars have the prowess to sniff out roots from several feet under the ground

[@markkelly2169]

Camelot is the hill fort Llanmelin. Saxons made sure they destroyed history. Camelon.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

Leslie Alcock - born in 1925, joined the Royal Gurkha Rifles as Captain in 1942. (according to his wiki page) .... uhhh I have questions.

[@inkyminky184]

It doesn’t say he joined as captain, it says he joined and went on to serve as captain. He was likely promoted during the war.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@inkyminky184 Mr Alcock was born in 1925. World War Two was over in Aug 1945. How long did he serve to be promoted to a Captain?

[@The-6666]

Your reading wiki that’s why you have questions 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@The-6666 Hey it's HIS wiki. I used it for birth dates. READ it - born in 1925. AND in case you didn't know World War Two WAS OVER IN AUG 1945. Even your common core math - that's 20 YEARS OLD. YOU people said he was a Capt NOT ME.

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@The-6666 Oh it's *you're

[@klindseyoneillstudio4016]

I believe Arthur was inspired by at least one real person, but I strongly suspect his exploits were somewhat exaggerated. Great story though!

[@poopoosplatter99]

Was it the "he alone killed 960 men" part? Lol

[@angusmurray3767]

Geoffrey of Monmouth never mentioned Camelot. The first person to do so was Chretien de Troyes. Poor research! Nor did being a war leader preclude Arthur from being a king. Nor was dux bellorum a title because it was split by the verb ie "dux erat bellorum" If it had been a title it would have been written "dux bellorum erat.

[@owentaylor9884]

Its not in England.

[@s.kertanguy8433]

In the Brocéliande forest 😊

[@iluvrolaz]

It's amazing how arrogant people are, so sure that people today, millenia later, know so much more than those who lived within a couple centuries of these people n places... it's absolutely astounding.

[@DanielFerguson-j9u]

Bede seems to have had little knowledge of Britain before the Anglo Saxon era. His account of pre- Roman & Roman Britain is sketchy to say the least. So we can't expect him to know of 'Welsh' or British stories of earlier times. Just because Bede doesn't mention a thing that doesn't mean it didn't happen. He never mentions as important a figure as Constantine,proclaimed Emperor in York, & declaring Christianity an official religion of the Empire. So Bede is not always right, & he missed many important events that he ought to have known. But his purpose was not to recall all of history, but merely fill in the background to the advent of the Anglo-Saxons to Britain, & their conversion to the church.

[@TywysogCraig]

All has been revealed 🕊 Y gwir yn erbyn y byd Much to share for those with eyes to see and ears to listen

[@shellydesormier4646]

Dream big ⛄️

[@danielferguson3784]

If it existed at all it would have to have been Camulodunum, Colchester. Anywhere else would have made Arthur a very minor leader, not a ruler or war leader of any substantial part of Britain. Cadbury Castle & Tintagel are just too far west & of little importance.

[@lloydllewellyn8777]

It's never been found because it's not in England 😂

[@danielferguson3784]

But Camulodunum could easily become Camelot, & the place has got to have been important in Roman Britannia, so that is the best fit. Unless it's just imaginary.

[@lloydllewellyn8777]

@danielferguson3784 so why has it never been found then because everyone assumes he was English but was called Arthur pendragon? Ie Head dragon maybe people have been looking in the wrong country all along there is a mountain right where I live in Wales called pen castle no one knows why its called this and its been proven that a colossus battle took place there and there's a massive Fort there seen from drone footage but unfortunately the Welsh archeology lot won't even entertain investigating unless it's marked on a map officially it doesn't exist that's their attitude

[@danielferguson3784]

@@lloydllewellyn8777 No, only some assume Arthur was English, most thinking people realize that if he existed he was a leader of the Britons fighting against the Saxons, but that had to be further east than in present day Wales, because the English didn't reach Wales until much later. The was a major battle in Dereham, Somerset in 557 AD, which is as far west as the Saxons got up til then. Arthur was likely before this, around 500 the battle of Badon, Wiltshire. Just because a place is named after a person doesn't mean they had anything to do with the place in life. Do you think Arthur lived on 'Arthur's Seat', Edinburgh as well? That's just naive.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@lloydllewellyn8777 There are many places with 'pen' in their name. It just means head or hill. Penkridge, Penigent, Pen Llystyn, Pendel , etc not related to people, just topography.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Ah come on written propaganda in the 6th century, you'd be lucky if 3 percent of the population could read or write accurately and about 10 percent could have a guess at reading.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@philipmcdonagh1094 Both Gilda's & Bede were churchmen who were preaching as much as writing 'history', so their work was a sort of propaganda. Church people were almost the only ones who could read & write.

[@tuukuul-cl6zk]

DID YOU KNOW THAT ST GEORGE WAS POSSIBLY A PALESTINIAN. FROM PALESTINE. AND OF BROWN SKIN. DISCOVERIES EVERYWHERE.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@tuukuul-cl6zk Not so, George is Greek, so anywhere in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire, most likely Illyricum or Anatolia. Not Syrian or Palestinian.

[@tuukuul-cl6zk]

@@danielferguson3784 some new info came in but ya never know. His story is not History. Anyway have a great day.

[@Bobario1]

He was Turkish.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@Bobario1 What do you mean Turkish. Turkey didn't exist then. So he was eastern Mediterranean, but might have been born anywhere in the Greek world, & of any parentage. Just because he lived in Anatolia we cannot assume he was indigenous to that area. There was a lot of population movement in ancient times.

[@Bobario1]

@@danielferguson3784 Anatolian, from the area that is now known as Turkey.

[@TwatisMcCracken]

Isn't this channel supposed to be about history?

[@MickRiley]

Yesterday was history so yeah

[@mattskustomkreations]

This is as much the history of modern archaeology as anything so yes.

[@dereks1264]

Well, these docs are called "Myth Hunters" so that may be a clue as to what they're about.

[@annfahy2589]

I see a lot of history here 😊

[@netgnostic1627]

Maybe you'd rather learn all about the Oak Island mystery?

[@CeltPatriot]

The story comes from France its a story and you fools spend cash on this 😂

[@danielferguson3784]

@@CeltPatriot The Arthur stories survived in Brittany, where many Britons went during the post Roman period, so taking the tales or memories of him with them.

[@danielferguson3784]

@@CeltPatriot The Arthur stories survived in Brittany, where many Britons went during the post Roman period, so taking the tales or memories of him with them.

[@CeltPatriot]

@@danielferguson3784 you have a strange understanding of my lands history it is celt land you British and German royalty are just visiting no such thing as British people at the time of Rome you numpty you all French German or other invaders we out live everyone and will be here long after Islam has removed you lot

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

The mistake of historians and archaeologists is to look for Camelot in England. Arthur was a centurion sent to Britain from Roman Syria. After accomplishing several renowned things in England he returned to Rome. From there, Arthur went to Syria, where he took over the estate left by his father and renamed it "Camelus Lot" in Latin, which he liked to pronounce Camelot because of his habit of using the mixed-race language he learned in Britain. Someone at some point recorded Arthur's name as lord of Camelot on a papyrus and the medieval idiot who wrote his saga heard this information second-hand and went on to narrate that Camelot was a castle in England and not "Camelus Lot" (the name of the property in Syria of the retired Roman centurion). 😂😂😂😂

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[@lianefehrle9921]

Where is this written? I would like to read this.

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