The Grave of
King Arthur & Guinevere
The sign and grave outline marking
the place where it is
claimed
that the remains of Arthur and Guinevere
were found by the Monks of
Glastonbury Abbey in 1191
Glastonbury, in addition to many other
places, like Cadbury Castle, Caerleon, Tintagel and
Chester, has been linked to King Arthur. The
The connection of the Isle of Apples or Avalloc, to Avalon was thought to have been first made in
about the 12th century and then reported by William of Malmesbury
the interpolator, in his De antiquitae Glatoniensis ecclesie and
Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia regum Britanniae.
Arthur was the legendary English King -
'Arthur of the Britons', at the beginning of the Saxon era. He was born out of
wedlock and raised by wizard Merlin. When only a boy, after
many men had tried and failed, Arthur gained the throne by withdrawing the
magic sword Excalibur from a stone. The nearby
After his many exploits and stories
concerning his Knights, the Round Table and the Holy Grail, he was wounded by Mordred at the battle of Camlan.
This is said to be around the year 542CE and he was then taken across the water
to the Isle of Avalon for his wounds to be healed.
Glastonbury was surrounded by lakes and
marshland and would indeed have been an island at that time, so it was quite
possible for a boat to bring him to the only place where any medical attention
was available, which would have been at a monastery - Glastonbury Abbey. Arthur
was mortally wounded however and it is said he was buried in the cemetery on
the south side of the Lady Chapel, at
According to the official chronicled
version of events, centuries later (in 1191) prompted by hints and rumours, the monks excavated this same spot in the cemetery
and they dug down sixteen feet, to find an oaken coffin. At a depth of seven
feet they found a stone beneath which was a leaden cross with an inscription
His iacet inclitus Arturius in insula Avalonia - variously interpreted to read 'Here lies King
Arthur buried in Avalon'! The coffin contained two bodies - a great man and a
woman, whose golden hair was still intact, until touched, when it crumbled
away. The bodies were explained as Arthur’s and Guinevere’s.
A century later in 1278 the bones were
placed in caskets and transferred during a state visit by King Edward 1, to a
black marble tomb before the High Altar in the great
They acquired the status of holy relics
and were attributed magical properties.
The bones remained in the marble tomb
until the Abbey was vandalised after the dissolution
in 1539. The remains subsequently disappeared and there have been many rumours about their whereabouts.
Legend proclaims that after Arthur's
death, a powerful spirit haunted the ruins of the Abbey, appearing as a black-armoured knight with red glowing eyes and a burning desire to
eradicate all records of the ancient Arthurian legends, which is why, it is
said, that those seeking to discover the truth, find so few facts available.
Today a notice board marks the spot of
Arthur's final resting place. Occasionally people lay flowers there to honour
this mighty King whose life and death gave birth to so many myths and legends.
These mystical tales that still envelope
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of the Excavation
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