Is Castle Dore King Arthur's Camelot?

[@PeteKellyHistory]

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[@vanyakalinka8305]

6:40 look at that impressive view man.

[@lourias]

Pete, I just am not able to tolerate the music in the background... up and down and all around your voice. Yuck. Not pleasing to my ears.

[@marandamurphy]

Your voice sounds like History Timeline channel.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

FFS, please learn how to pronounce _"Arthurian"_ correctly before you make another of these. {:o:O:}

[@amykern6379]

Pete Kelly; you ever think of writing a book?

[@sotony7483]

I don't think 'Clarissima Femina' on the tombstone is a name, but a description. It means 'most illustrious woman'.

[@loke6664]

Yeah, that sounds right. "Clarissima" is a likely name of the time but 'Clarissima Femina' is about as likely as "Biggus Dickus" of Monty Python fame. It could have been a description or even some kind of title (less likely, but it could have meant daughter or wife to the local noble/chieftain).

[@captainjamesmartin]

Tend to agree

[@jameswells554]

​@@loke6664 definitely a description of a Woman who was esteemed by a someone of great influence; I would say someone's Mother, or Wife rather than Daughter, possibly a Queen in her own Right.

[@imokin86]

Clarissima would have been a more or less generic honorary description in late Roman times, iirc. Something like Right Honourable.

[@loke6664]

@@jameswells554 it could have been some kind of title too, like "mother superior" for nuns today but that is less likely. Not super unlikely, I could see that the local chieftain's wife being called "The most illustrious woman" by her and her husbands subjects.. In either case, it is not a name. And yeah, "Chieftain" is not the perfect word here, but neither is "baron" or anything similar. The person in charge of the local settlement in either case.

[@craigkdillon]

Norma Goodrich makes the persuasive argument that Camelot means "Caer Mallot" or fort of the hammer. She maintains that Camelot was wherever King Arthur was. He was "The Hammer". As a fighting king, his court moved with him. So, there is no fort or castle that was Camelot.

[@ericwilliams1659]

I wonder if that is why there is so much mention of the round table. Which could have easily been moved area.

[@craigkdillon]

@@ericwilliams1659 Have no idea. Also, the table did not have to be a single round table. It could have several tables arranged in a circle or even a square.

[@MartyHodge]

The Round Table was where his knights gathered around him. You see it in sports when the captain gathers the team in a huddle to give instructions on the next tactic to play.

[@davidwhelan1545]

Dux Bellorum?

[@craigkdillon]

@@davidwhelan1545 Exactly.

[@d_must4309]

We're Knights of the Round Table. We dance whenever we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impeccable. We dine well here in Camelot. We eat ham and jam and spam a lot. We're Knights of the Round Table. Our shows are formidable, but many times we're given rhymes that are quite unsingable. We're opera-mad in Camelot, we sing from the diaphragm a lot. In war we're tough and able, quite indefatigable. Between our quests we sequin vests and impersonate Clark Gable. It's a busy life in Camelot. King Arthur: Well, on second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

[@Bellthorian]

It's only a model!

[@ianstrickland9750]

My grandfather (Scottish) told me there were two King Arthur's, born 300 years apart, one fought the Romans and the other fought the Saxons. Both were welsh. Never thought of asking about Camelot. Thanks for the memories my friend.

[@user-sl5bh8kr8h]

Bang on mate ? 2 King Arthur's. Research ALAN WILSON

[@deanmorgan7011]

Spot on mate, the first one was around in roman times and arthur 2 was in daxon times, not many know this and this is what causes the confusion around arthur, that and the fact arthurs legacy has been mystified, easiest way to get rid of an icon is to make him a myth, your grandad is 100% right.

[@deanmorgan7011]

Camalot we think is in Newport, originally called caer-mead, it was made from a yellowish stone, which led to the name caer melon ( yellow fort) however the French could not say this name so they called it caer-melot, hence the name camalot

[@johnhayes8557]

The people whom today we call "Welsh" are mostly descendants of Celtic tribes who migrated southwards from Scotland into areas of Cornwall, the midlands and "Wales" abandoned by those who emigrated to Brittany, Northwestern Spain, and Ireland. Quite a lot of the "Irish" raiding was done by them, out of territories they held a long the eastern coast of Ireland. When serious efforts to seize sword land emerged, the evidence is clear that it was Goidelic Chiefs and Kings leading mixed forces combining Goidels/Gaels and these Brythonic tribesmen. There is strong evidence these Britons settled amongst previously established communities of Gauls in Ireland, e.g. Belgae and Menapii, who had been given refuge when fleeing Roman genocide. The Menapii included in their ranks Venetii, Nervii, Rhemii, Parisian, Aedui whom they were connected to through mercantile activity, marriage, language, and alliances. Remains of their ports are seen today in Ireland. The Cymry who found refuge in Ireland shared an emerging P Celtic dialect with them, there are relics of it in personal and place names in Ireland, and material artifacts. They were keen on being vindicated against Rome and Romanized Britons, hence their role in the raids. The ancient ethnohistory of the isles of Erin and Alba are much more complex and nuanced than typically we are taught in school.

[@johnhayes8557]

A large contingent amongst the raiders were Gauls and Britons who had settled in Connacht, in the Partridge mountains and Hy-Maine. Genetic, archaeological, linguistic, and written evidence support this, as well. And they helped Ireland, together with the Albany Dal Roads, resist subversion and invasion of the late Imperial and post imperial forces out of Gauls and Istria (Rome had been abandoned but they still held on in the Dalmatic region where Diocletian had moved his Capitol in retirement before the rise of Byzantium).

[@t-bonejones3576]

I loved the starstruck cows following him around! "OMG, is that Pete Kelly? THE Pete Kelly?"

[@amazinggrace5692]

So cute!

[@christopherpickles7541]

The coincidences of Mark and Tristan are intriguing and extend all the way from Cornwall to Galloway. Wrmonoc of Landévennec mentions in his Life of St. Pol de Leon, written in the 9th century, that St. Pol de Leon evangelized in Cornwall in the 6th century, and while there, he met with "King Marc whose other name is Quonomorus." So (if this be true) the inscribed stone at Castle Dore stating Drustanus son of Cunomorus also means Drustanus son of Mark. A slight sidestep from being his nephew but what the hey. Drustanus/Tristan is a Pictish name. There are numerous kings of the Picts named Drustan, Drust etc and the name doesn't seem to occur elsewhere... except at Trusty's Hill in Galloway. Intriguing that this is the location of the most southerly, and by a long way, known Pictish inscribed stone. And a few miles away we have the Mote of Mark. It has also been suggested that the Pictish symbol of the double disk and z-rod as seen at Trusty's Hill represents the name of Drustan, given the large number of such symbols and the number of Pictish kings called Drustan. If nothing more, is is an interesting set of coincidences.

[@albyz7623]

Both would be correct if Mark had a sister and they had a child in secret together, thus simultaneously Tristan becomes a son and nephew at the same time.

[@frankjacob3538]

Many moved to Brttany in waves over 300 plus years.....

[@Survivethejive]

Glad to see Devon lasses have been enjoying Croatia for so long

[@bombfog1]

“Clarissima Femina” is not the woman’s name; this is a Late Roman title akin to “most esteemed woman” or “most illustrious woman.”

[@pattheplanter]

Brilliant woman would be one translation.

[@mercianthane2503]

The tale of Tristand and Isolde is quite similar to that of Áengus and Caer in the tale known as The Dream of Áengus.

[@powellmountainmike8853]

Marcus was a fairly common Roman name. It is quite possible that these places were originally named for DIFFERENT people named Marcus, but later, after the popularization of the Arthurian stories, were confounded as all being related to the King Mark referred to in them.

[@BB-yh5rd]

Weird it took me until my late 40s to explore even a tiny bit of the UK. Flew over it countless times but during COVID I spent a combined total of 4 months in Gloucester. Been a history geek my entire life and the Cotswolds are loaded with Roman, Saxon and Celtic history. My only regret is I had to work while I was there because I could have easily just wandered around ancient site to ancient site and been entirely happy. What the isles lack in surface area is exponentially made up for in depth of time and history, there's no way I could get to everything in a lifetime. Strange to me my ancestors go back to a significant degree to the UK where Scandanavian, Isle of Mann, Irish and English blood gathered and mixed for generations in places like rural England until the middle and late 1800s when Yellowstone country was where they wandered randomly and put down stakes. Channels like this put life into perspective as I realize I'm just a tiny imperceptible blip on the expansive radar of human history.

[@BB-yh5rd]

@@squeezyjohn1 That's one way to take the negative end of a compliment. I don't know anything beyond a tiny scratch on the surface of the UK. Only source I have for my ancestry is one of those mail in DNA tests. Who knows, they could have made it all up. What I was trying to say, and I will speak very slowly and deliberately this time, is that I was amazed at the massive depth of history that was within a very small distance of my hotel in the Gloucestershire countryside. Believe it or not most of my ancestors from the British general area arrived in the US within the close enough past that there are photographs of most of them so I would say I'm not telling you your history but learning a large collective history that extends well beyond current UK residents.

[@joshpratt0310]

The highlight of my KZbin notifications is when it tells me Pete or history time has released a new video. Brilliant stuff as always Pete absolutely fascinating

[@legolasgreenleaf1961]

South east Wales was the Arthurian kingdom, home of Arthwyr ap Meurig, Bedwyr ap Pedrog, Trystan ap Tallwg, Cei ap Cynyr, Medrawd ap Llew, ( these are just some of the people remembered as Arthurs knights) all 6th century characters. Even Arthur's line, his father Meurig (Maurice), grandfather Tewdrig(Theoderic), Teithfallt (Theodosius) were all recorded as Uthyr Pendragons/high kings (generallisimos) of Britain. The man who crowned Arthur was st Dyfrig/Dubricius, with st Illtyd the 'knight' being his first cousin......all of South Wales. St Samson of Dol was the son of Arthur's sister Anna and attended the second council of Paris in 556ad. These facts place Arthwyr in a specific place, and a specific time... the 6th century. Its the genealogies that provide the evidence, along with all the church records, poetry, place names, field names, fort names. It beggars belief that still even today people dance around the one place that was known as his main realm. We hear of Cornwall, Glastonbury, Winchester, Bath, the old north and southern Scotland, all places that do not provide anywhere near the amount of evidence that South Wales boasts. His field of influence was massive, most of his battles being fought in lowland Scotland against Scots, Picts and Angles, whilst in the south the Saxons were the main threat, nullified eventually at the battle of Mynydd Baedan/Mons Badonicus around 550ad. With regards to Camelot, it was a major Arthurian court alongside Caerleon. Camelot is a norman french rendering of an old welsh name. In Glamorgan we have the British palace of Caermead (branded a 'roman villa') with smashed white marble all over the field.....ignored and turfed over, and a forgotten 'castle' north of Cardiff called Caermelyn the yellow fortress......ignored. Its amazing how all this is simply not considered. This in no way denigrates these brilliant videos by Pete Kelly, but thought it necessary to inform people that might not be aware of the plethora of evidence we have on Arthur. For whatever reason, regardless of the fact that the Mabinogi was written in South Wales and features Arthur prominently, describing in detail the events leading up to the Baedan battle, no one it seems wants to search for him in this area of Britain. More and more it just seems that Arthur MUST NOT be found.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Interesting. I am from Mid Glamorgan. You should make your own video. {:o:O:}

[@legolasgreenleaf1961]

Also type in Athrwys ap Meurig into wiki and up pops an image of king Arthur as shown in Llandaff cathedral. Its all very odd how this area is ignored.

[@craigfowler7098]

Wow very interesting

[@deagor4578]

Damn. Do you have any books to recommend?

[@joejennings8397]

Why do you think he 'must not be found'? Is there more to this tale? Perhaps a prophecy?

[@squeezyjohn1]

What a brilliant video. Well researched, well presented ... sticks to its goals .... there are some gems on KZbin that you simply don't get on public service broadcasting ... thank you.

[@kernowboy137]

Equally, nearby “Castle-an-Dinas is one of the largest and most impressive hillforts in Cornwall, sited in an imposing position on the summit of Castle Downs with extensive and panoramic views across central Cornwall to both north and south coasts. It features in Cornish legend as one of the seats of the Duke of Cornwall and folklore has it that Cador, Duke of Cornwall, and Ygraine, King Arthur’s mother were killed here”.

[@bremnersghost948]

Personally I think Camelot was Caer-Elmet, Modern Barwick in Elmet, Right on the Frontline against the Roman, Saxon and Norman Invasions.

[@mnomadvfx]

The Saxons invaded at various points including the east shorelines, not just at the natural crossing of the English Channel for those setting sail from further west in Europe.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

I found the use of the phrase "sub-Roman" interesting. I've always seen it referred to as "post-Roman".."sub" means under.."post" means after. Big difference...

[@musicplaylists59]

i think by sub Roman he must have meant pre Roman not post

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

@@musicplaylists59 He was definitely using it as post. He does it in all his videos and it is annoying! It makes the people of post Roman Britain sound inferior! They were sub Romans!

[@musicplaylists59]

@@hogwashmcturnip8930 ah ok. even if he was using it to mean pre Roman it would have been a weird turn of phrase because of the connotation you mentioned yes, why not just use pre and post...

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

My grandfather was WELSH Grandma was SCOTTISH Mother ENGLISH father was IRISH What a mixed bunch😂👍

[@deagor4578]

All the diversity we need

[@conner13.c16]

Plot twist: Clarissa Femina was queen Guinevere after escaping Britain following the death of Lancelot // or she was Morrigan after the death of Mordred and Arthur. Sounds crazy but out would make a perfect plot for a fiction book

[@Checkyoursix77]

Fantastic as always! Thanks for sharing your story with us!

[@margo3367]

Beautiful presentation. I was riveted by your voice and the beautiful guitar playing when you were telling the tale of Tristan and Isolde. I’d like to think it’s true, King Arthur and Camelot.

[@MyrddnWllt]

Arthur and his story are symbolic he is a ‘bear king’ born of ‘bear dragon serpent ’ father who defends his land and then descends into the earth to come again when needed (typical European burial mound philosophy). Camelot is descended from Camlus… (arguably) another name for Cernunnos … the spirit/god of the woods and of wild animals … there are lots of towns whose names descend from camlus … thus there is likely no Camelot just lots of towns named after Cernunnos and once ruled by mighty Celtic lords. There were many Celtic lords willing to defend Europe from ‘civilised’ invaders… Arthur is just an amalgamation of them all and that is why his story struck a chord amongst nobility from Britain and France all the way to Italy and Eastern Europe. He is the bear king of the land to return and defend it when needed. You can see Arthurian myth as a last ditch attempt by Europeans to preserve their most archaic spiritual mythology.

[@ficalino7294]

Welp, didn't expect to hear about my homeland when opening video about King Arthur, it was pleasantly surprising.

[@rialobran]

Fowey is pronounced 'Foy' Mark could possibly be 'Margh' meaning 'Horse'. Kilmarth maybe Kilmargh 'Horses back'...Or more likely it's all made up. That said, my namesake 'Rialobran son of Cunoval' died fighting the Irish at or near Chun Castle around the 6th century. Cunomoros and Drustan may have a similar story.

[@Xyno1100]

awe shet here we go again

[@troydodson9641]

You picked the wrong kingdom fool!

[@martintimothy1915]

My understanding is King Arthur and Camelot were medieval fiction a la the comic superheroes of more modern times, thus searching for true Arthurian locations is akin to seeking the Bat Cave or Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

[@christopherbataluk643]

This feels like the Camelot reference was click bait for a Tristan and Isolde video and sone pretty Croatian holiday video was included at the beginning to pad out the run time.

[@cdfdesantis699]

Good research. Bless this guy's heart, he spent most of his time at Castle Dore being followed by cattle. Well, at least they can't disagree with any conclusions drawn!

[@kenijonesESQ]

That was such a great documentary,,,,,cheers Pete from across the pond, P.E.I. Canada

[@albyz7623]

There is a line of thought that considers the possibility of Camels Lot as another location of Camelot with similar ground structure as seen at the site of Dore.

[@HS-su3cf]

The back-ground on my PC is a picture I took at Castle Dore in 2014.

[@jonathanweeks9925]

I think Camelot takes its name from Camulodunum, Roman Colchester.

[@botegaveradi3488]

Lovely work. Nice to see my old grave. Err! Tristram here. I believe it was the druids who would frequent those stone circles. Indeed, I stayed away as they were very powerful magicians and the like. I would sit on a hill and observe them from a distance out of eyesight. Still, magical days indeed. Guess who lives in the same town as me now? Isolde 2. Who thinks I should go after her? Isolde 1 down now. King Mark is here too. You all know him. He’s a famous actor. 😂

[@stephendrake9710]

No mate, Camelot was Caer Melyn in Glamorgan wales

[@beepboop204]

no mate, "camealot" is how my ex would describe me

[@samwill7259]

You know I always wonder with this old star crossed lover stories. This was back in the day when a hundred miles away was basically on another planet. Just like...leave? Make a cabin someplace, and they'd never find you

[@MrChristianDT]

The concept of Camelot is clearly supposed to be Camelodunum, the original Roman capitol of Britain, before it was switched to London. Doesn't necessarily mean that it ever had anything to do with the original King Arthur legend, but there's a very clear reason why it was included, along with every other provable real world location.

[@pattheplanter]

Caratacus King of the Catuvellauni who ruled from Camulodunum was clearly the nucleus of the Arthurian legend.

[@Gdgoat222]

@@pattheplanterdifferent characters

[@pattheplanter]

@@Gdgoat222 Not in Irish.

[@dorkgirlalamode]

There is a River Camel with a tributary called the De Lank river... I've wondered if it's there...

[@troydodson9641]

Alex Iles in one of his Anglo-Saxon videos, brings up a cool idea. Idea is that British and Germanic people did catch on the Roman way of life, but without the larger imperial system, they went back to the way life was before. Be it reviving celtic living or auxiliary/mercenaries living like they did at home.

[@jeffmacdonald9863]

It's really hard to think of just going back to the way it was before, after centuries of the Roman way of life. How would they even know what the old way of life was like? Especially when you're merging the Germanic and Celtic approaches into one way. Which isn't to say there weren't similarities, but that's as likely parallel development under similar circumstances.

[@troydodson9641]

@Jeff MacDonald It wouldn't be as hard as it is today. Roman cities would be there, but there would still be farms, most people were agriculturalist one way or another. Older Britain culture still there. And archeology shows it wasn't a flip switch. People stayed in the Roman cities and lifestyle for a while. At some point, the Empire was gone too long to keep the Rome in Britain. Government collapsed, you might not notice. Still going to the big baths, still have your job. But over time, those big imperial contractors don't show up. Some people start asking for trade. I wish there was more to tell of how it happened.

[@jeffmacdonald9863]

@@troydodson9641 Things would certainly change. There was definitely a shift back to localized agriculture. Even things like the new warrior elite taking up the old hill forts again - that's practical for the same reasons it was practical before the Romans. It's the idea that this represented a survival of and return to pre-Roman culture in any meaningful sense after hundreds of years. They adapted to the new circumstances, like people do, they didn't just pick up where their 10x great grand-parents left off.

[@wischfulthinking]

I could listen to you all day

[@bcbconklin]

Great narration, Pete, thank you!

[@KristijanDimovski]

What emojy is that?

[@bcbconklin]

@@KristijanDimovski talking

[@gwynwilliams4222]

King Arthur was king of glamorgan if he had camalot it would be in south Wales nowhere else

[@gwynwilliams4222]

Calwch and olwyn 8th century as well mentioned Arthur and ofcourse it wasn't really a castle it was a large mud hut with straw roof the first stone castle didn't appear until after 1066

[@jmyd83]

3 Arthur's 3 Kings

[@macgonzo]

​​@@Nauysvyf Literally no one thinks that the Britons were "stone age" compared to the Romans... Mosaics get re-covered all the time, as they're often too expensive to remove from the site where there were found. Reburying the mosaic protects it. As for their technology, they were iron age people, and most of their technology was equal to that of the Romans - the Romans took many influences from the iron age peoples they conquered.

[@sluggodna]

No. I don't think Bluetooth was King Arthur. Camelot was half way over the mountain top. Arthur had his sister look up the mountain where he said his castle will be. The draw bridge was enormous. It took Lancelot all day to climb to Camelot. Notice (Lancelot) and (Camelot) are spelled very close? . Lot? Saint Michel's use to have a huge draw bridge? Could that be Christine? Charlene was Percy's castle. . Plus King Arthur was looking for the Grail. Could he have gone on a crusade? . Update: 04/16/2024 Correct, and don't forget about suit of armor. . Excalibur might have been very heavy. Some of the people that won a chance to pull it out, lied about their nobility , and had to fake they couldn't pull the sword.

[@maryserrato1024]

What an intriguing story about Tristan and Isolde

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark. And this is what I waited for. That wonderfull voice is back....

[@birtybonkers8918]

The idea that Cornwall was remote and somewhat detached in Roman times makes no sense. Cornwall had tin, and was trading in tin across Europe for centuries (via Phoenician traders by all accounts). Transit may have been largely maritime but Cornwall (or Dumnonia if you prefer) was relatively rich and well integrated into larger Roman Europe.

[@SimonWillig]

Very interesting story, empowered by beautiful music. Thank you!

[@Bonita.ch1]

You have the most soothing voice!!! You are a natural born at this!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@Thomas-bw1bz]

In Irish tradition isoleult ,Isolde is the sister of Saint ruadhan of lorre both children of the eoghanacta king of Munster based in capital of that kingdom Cashel, The name Cashel is believed to be derived from the Latin castellum or castle. Her brother Saint ruadhan is credited with inventing whiskey and opposing the high king of Ireland based in Tara. More ogham stone's bearing inscriptions both in Latin and Gaelic Irish are found in Cornwall and dumonia than anywhere outside of Ireland and within Ireland more of these memorial's are found in the territory of the eoghanact kingdom of Munster than anywhere else. The connections between dumonia and Munster and the Irish are very deep. The Cornish Saint Perrin is British p Celt equivalent of Irish q Celt Saint kerin. The pagan founder of the eoghanacta is named as mug nuadat or servant of the pagan god nuada of the silver hand, it's believed he is the same pagan god whose sanctuary temple was by the seven estuary where the British called him nodens.

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

10:42 :- A fascinating ' concrete ' remnant of that long gone by age ! Describing the ' stone ' of Drustanos.....

[@gruntsffs1]

5:49 I hope that others have listened thus far…It’s a different tale than we Americans of English descent have come accustomed to. Im curious to continue…

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Do you mean the easier travel by water? Because that's the way much of America was first settled [let's tell it like it was, stolen, invaded]. Otherwise, I guess I missed what you mean. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@murder13love]

The story at around the 28 minute mark is simply a retold story from ancient greece. It tells me, that this story is just a story told over the ages.

[@man.inblack]

theres so many legends that are interwoven from older tales, theres a database historians use to cross reference them to see how humanities ideas traveled thru time. A lot of the greek myths have traces back older cultures, and theirs even evidence of the existence of a 7th star in the peliaides that our ancient ancestors must have seen before it blinked out, and corroborated all the way back to the first australians dreamtime stories. It could be the oldest myth, because the native 'strayens' seperated tens of thousands of years earlier. All on youtube. If your interested in the database, Creganford on YT has videos on it (the oldest myth)

[@murder13love]

@@man.inblack that's awesome, thank you!

[@markallen381]

Camellot, An acre of land for a desert animal.

[@sebastianucero7535]

Excellent video! What a wonderful channel

[@sjaakmcd1804]

Awesome as ever Pete, thank you.

[@omegaroyal]

I love your stories and style of telling them.

[@irenebecker4815]

Well done, very interesting. How intriguing to think of what the ancient Britain was like.

[@nathanieltacluyan4993]

Can you share the sources you got for making this video like links or books thanks

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

Colchester = Camulodenum = Fort Camulo = Camelot. Not rocket science, not even "hidden in plain sight", not hidden at all. The first Roman capital of Britain was also its last.

[@750triton]

I'd look closer at Atherstone or Arthurs Dun -Attys Dun?)

[@CetranRage]

a neat little coincidence that around the 22:24-22:28 mark, the clouds in the background resemble someone holding a lance or a longsword.

[@chippychick6261]

What a great storyteller. Quality video clips 👍🏼

[@theobolt250]

I used to push the pram a lot... there's a Monty Python reference for every situation. More serious, think about it, how blessed your country is with all that abundant and colourful history. Here in the North Netherlands? Only mud. And boredom. 😜

[@cadderley100]

It's amazing how many places up and down the country are associated with King Arthur, even when there's no association at all. It's good to dream, I guess.

[@theotherside8258]

Some of these old ancient monument signs ( 33:59 ) from the sixties are so old that they need excavating themselves - no maintenance

[@Klara-Hvar]

After much reading, I also believe that King Arthur was a late invention between the mythical and the political. That aside, my maternal grandmother was from Split and I'm about to get an ancestral DNA done... I think I'll find more surprises than I expected.

[@ebenflow8133]

Camelot is in South Wales

[@BenSHammonds]

very good program, always interesting

[@michaeljlydon6991]

Again another brilliant video Thank you. Would really love if you could/would make a similar one video about the celtic history of ireland 🇮🇪

[@oliviergermain350]

Très bonne émission (un Historien de l'Antiquité Tardive) ! 👍

[@user-sl5bh8kr8h]

Research ALAN WILSON? 2 x King Arthur's .one fought the Romans the other fought the saxons

[@deborahdauray8933]

Appreciate your analysis.

[@JesusRocksTryPrayin]

Great video as always!! God bless ya for using your talents and sharing your knowledge

[@Aengus42]

Just in case you have to say the name again. Fowey rhymes with toy. I'm loving this one mate! My home town's in Devon. 20:46

[@vanyakalinka8305]

great to see you post again

[@melysmelys2622]

Another interesting video, particularly the story of King Mark of Cornwall.

[@petrovonoccymro9063]

No. It’s in Wales. Of course.

[@justme.1st]

Always fascinated by this time period, thank you for sharing w/ us.

[@ClannCholmain]

Dore is the Gaelic for oak.

[@laurentpignal8153]

Je ne suis pas spécialiste de l'Angleterre mais il y a la lignée des saluce... elle est très vielle....il serait issus de la branche des Ardennes puis du Doubs.... ça aurait une logique... Arduino roi d'Italie Duc de Friuli le super duché...totis roi de Finlande était son grand père.... la lignée de Normandie c'est les Bellême par exemple.... cousin avec les cicon du Doubs.... la via Agrippina et la Francigena.... ça apporte directement au Balkans et a la Grèce.... la c'est pareil.... Serbie Monténégro... et le duché de Grèce.... Othon de la Roche...lui sa branche c'est les cicon du Doubs...il a donné la famille de Ray et oiselay..... les Montbéliard Montfaucon.... Monfalcone ou j'habite en Italie.... les comtes de Gorizia.... les comtes du Friuli.... un des duc du Friuli était sico prince de bienvenue...le benevent....lui c'est les comtes de basse saxe thrasicon.... pour moi ils étaient tous de famille.... l'année des 4 empereurs romains......il y avait une branche qui ne supportait pas la concurrence..... celle de Rome..... les empereurs usurpateur ne l'étaient certainement pas..... les rois légendaires non plus... quand on colle les fils de Noé... Les légendes Grec comme le peuple des ceconis l'odyssée... les argonautes colonnie Étrusques du Lac Léman et des trois cantons..... les trois Bretagne.... la branche de Tours villa cicogné les Plantagenet..... c'est pas les documents qui manquent à travers l'Europe.. c'est arriver à connecter les familles nobles ancienne entre elles....1000 ans c'est long....

[@davidwhelan1545]

Us Britons have never given up. So far Hoppefully it will continue.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

This country is going down the plughole fast..

[@stephenchappell7512]

They're not doing too well resisting Globalist Tyranny though

[@kittysuttonauthor]

I usually enjoy documentaries like this but I found the information disjointed. I had a hard time connecting it to Camelot. Maybe I am just dumb.

[@sanderson9338]

Arthur and Myrridin were low land scots i dont wish to argue about it but look it up they were from Strathclyde and fought the end of the Romans and a little bit after 4th century AD. They spoke P type Celtic but techically Pictish similar but distintic to Brittonic welsh and cornish, cumbric.

[@sanderson9338]

Myrridin is buried at Drummelzier, his name was Merlin Caledonius aka Merlin Wylt he died at Powsail burn near the river Tweed, Ganores grave ie guinevere is at Meigle and Ben Arthur is buried at Loch Long looking at Arthurs seat in Edingburgh. When all is over and the field of battle is left to the ravens screaming over the blood of the slain there is the retreat over the wilds of liddesdale into the recesses of the wood of Celyddon and to the ancient forest which still bears its name hallowed by sorrow'-Ettrick Forest

[@retroactivejealousy-worldl1805]

What does 'Sub-Roman" mean?

[@stephenchappell7512]

It refers to the period after the collapse of centralised Roman rule before the rise of its successor Kingdom's

[@helenamcginty4920]

The whole modern version of the Arthur myth, based as it is on Chretian de Troyes re working of the original, vague, Welsh hints embellished by Geffrey of Monmouth in thec12th century, is a medieval fantasy written for entertainment at court. Its a brilliant story but I cant understand why so many people think its real. Even if there was a kernel of truth in the original Welsh hints, a 6th century war lord, he would not have been gallumping around in shiny medieval armour etc. I would much prefer a 6th century war lord to a medieval one as well.

[@loisrossi841]

So good, thank you

[@zorglubmagnus455]

I’m King Arthur and my wife is too.

[@Sgt.chickens]

I havent watched the video yet so maybe its answered but. This fort was occupied between 4th century bce to 1st. Which is a good 400 years before the most commonpy placed time period for king arthur.

[@thhseeking]

It's only a model...

[@willmfrank]

SHH!

[@christopherellis2663]

Cameludonum, now known as Colchester.

[@BennysThoughts]

I didnt read too closely, but to answer the question they asked, the answer is No. No, this is not Cameltoe. Its just some weird people talking about some shit. Totally different!!!

[@Youtube_is_Trash]

Saying that Tristan and Isolde is an Arthurian legend makes as much sense as saying that the Transformers are Marvel superheroes because the movies are American.

[@man.inblack]

Tristan & Isolde is an old welsh tale, and has more connection to the ancient story that inspired Arthur, Than Lancelot, all the medieval anachronism and french romance (which their Princesses picked up from Muslim literature in the holy lands)

[@caldrail]

Arthur was never described as a king until the 12th century. The problem with Arthur is that although he leaps out of the Dark Age, there's no folklore that identifies him, it's all well intended speculation on obscure characters. He was never real. An amalgam of Iron Age adventurer, Roman conqueror, Dark Age hero, and Medieval Romance. His stories contain suggestions of earlier traditions, which means his stories have been with us for at least three thousand years. But Camelot? A medieval stage set for a story. Never real because Arthur never was.

[@darthguilder1923]

Maybe the real Camelot was the friends we made along the way

[@rodrigochiberio5472]

Or a camel.

[@EJDubbz]

Or a whole lot of camels.

[@mickbrown8249]

BODDICA WAS THE BEST OF England and Wales back then..

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

I've got 2 Boudicca coins what I found metal detecting??

[@jordanfalkowski6924]

I theory that according to that picture being a diagram, both of those polls would began left related to right rotation travel.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

What? Aside from using theory instead of hypothesis, or more accurately, "I hypothesize that..." the entire last 7 or 8 words don't really ... go together. I mean, they're words and all, and they're in more or less the right subject/verb order, but... they don't say anything that makes sense. 😄

[@bonzey1171]

Nice National Trust and English Heritage windscreen stickers. You just need a Cadw sticker to round out the holy UK trinity

[@stephenchappell7512]

I thought English Heritage membership gives you access to their Welsh and Scottish equivalents? could be wrong

[@bonzey1171]

@@stephenchappell7512 No, that sounds correct

[@spencore]

excellent! thank you

[@garryferrington811]

Well, if you were trying to get speculative commentary, you certainly achieved it!

[@garethde-witt6433]

Considering that Arthur was really a fictional character it’s not likely