Historians locate King Arthur's Round Table
Historians claim to have finally located the site of King Arthur’s Round Table – and believe it could have seated 1,000 people
July 11, 2010

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"Researchers exploring the legend of Britain's most famous Knight believe his stronghold of Camelot was built on the site of a recently discovered Roman amphitheatre in Chester. Legend has it that his Knights would gather before battle at a round table where they would receive instructions from their King. But rather than it being a piece of furniture, historians believe it would have been a vast wood and stone structure which would have allowed more than 1,000 of his followers to gather. Historians believe regional noblemen would have sat in the front row of a circular meeting place, with lower ranked subjects on stone benches grouped around the outside. They claim rather than Camelot being a purpose built castle, it would have been housed in a structure already built and left over by the Romans. Camelot historian Chris Gidlow said: 'The first accounts of the Round Table show that it was nothing like a dining table but was a venue for upwards of 1,000 people at a time. 'We know that one of Arthur's two main battles was fought at a town referred to as the City of Legions. There were only two places with this title. One was St Albans but the location of the other has remained a mystery.' The recent discovery of an amphitheatre with an execution stone and wooden memorial to Christian martyrs, has led researchers to conclude that the other location is Chester. Mr Gidlow said: 'In the 6th Century, a monk named Gildas, who wrote the earliest account of Arthur's life, referred to both the City of Legions and to a martyr's shrine within it. That is the clincher. The discovery of the shrine within the amphitheatre means that Chester was the site of Arthur's court and his legendary Round Table.'"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7883874/Historians-locate-King-Arthurs-Round-Table.html

If true, this is an incredible find!

7/11/2010 2:08:51 PM

great

7/11/2010 3:07:42 PM

Thanks.

7/11/2010 5:49:06 PM

did they eat ham and jam and spamalot

7/11/2010 6:22:02 PM

knee!!!

7/11/2010 6:30:37 PM

neat!

7/11/2010 6:37:19 PM

great discussion guise

7/11/2010 9:03:00 PM

It's only a model

7/11/2010 9:59:06 PM

This is a perfectly legitimate subject. I'd appreciate it if some would just post legitimate comments. Thanks.

7/11/2010 10:34:00 PM

DOES THIS MEAN MERLIN IS REAL?

7/11/2010 10:43:00 PM

DDK bringing the lulz

7/11/2010 10:50:43 PM

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"it would have been housed in a structure already built and left over by the Romans"

This would contradict one compelling notion that Arthur himself was, in fact, Roman.

7/11/2010 10:57:15 PM

^ Finally! Good post, HockeyRoman, I hadn't considered that aspect of this discovery.

7/12/2010 1:12:41 AM

Brings back memories of reading the Mary Stuart books, The crystal cave, hollowed hill, can't remember the last one. She did a fantastic job of weaving her novels from known facts.
In her books Merlin was a talented engineer, medicine man, and multi-linguist.

7/12/2010 8:25:59 AM

when i see your username i'm like "darth culo"

which is funny because it means like "darth asshole"

i just imagine a really unpleasant sith lord with a mexican accent

7/12/2010 8:44:08 AM

7/12/2010 9:37:12 AM

^^ You couldn't muster a thought on the topic? Just one?

And step away from the bong once in a while, dude.

7/12/2010 3:00:15 PM

No truth to the rumor that Thomas Ian Nicholas has already signed up for a sequel

7/12/2010 3:09:25 PM

Ah, all the years of posting nonsense in Soap Box have finally caught up with hooksaw. No one can even take him serious when he takes a break from being a moonbat and moves on to something legitimately intersting.

Its almost poetic. Almost.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 3:12 PM. Reason : ]

7/12/2010 3:12:26 PM

Poor fella

7/12/2010 3:36:11 PM

^^^you mean this sequel?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127624/

7/17/2010 9:52:53 AM

^^^ Not the case at all. This topic is a fairly good one and should be addressed as such.

There are plenty of people here that I don't agree with. But I don't go around just trying to wreck their threads.

And perhaps you could direct us to all of your quality TSB threads--or any other forum, for that matter.

*Crickets*

7/18/2010 3:26:25 AM

The Lounge has become Chit Chat 2. It blows.

FWIW, though, this is pretty neat. I'm not much of a history buff, but I still think it's cool. Flying Tiger might like it.

7/18/2010 12:42:44 PM

how is this a lounge thread?

7/18/2010 1:07:02 PM

I smell hoax. Who preserves a table? Who builds a table for a 1000 people when you can't hear across it?

7/18/2010 2:23:47 PM

^^^ Thanks. I agree--and I've posted as much in FF:

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"But I do think The Lounge would benefit from being more actively moderated--other than Omar moving my threads to Chit Chat simply to give himself the giggle shits."

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^^ and ^ Anything to offer on the topic? No?

7/19/2010 6:20:07 AM

oh no NOT ROLLY EYES

7/19/2010 2:13:38 PM

7/19/2010 2:24:24 PM

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"I smell hoax. Who preserves a table? Who builds a table for a 1000 people when you can't hear across it?"

For real. How you gonna pass the casserole at a table that big?

7/19/2010 2:47:05 PM

^ Et tu, Mr. Joshua?

7/19/2010 10:34:20 PM

Historians Desperate for Research Grant Locate Atlantis in Brooklyn Toilet

7/19/2010 11:08:49 PM

hooksaw's mind-blowing contributions to this thread

The initial post: hey, that's pretty cool

No commentary

A few "I agree!"s

And some rolly eyes

7/19/2010 11:33:08 PM

^ Perhaps we could discuss the topic over a cappuccino? I'll pick you up at your house--just PM me the address.

7/19/2010 11:51:41 PM

669 Percy St, Greensboro

Come at me bro

7/19/2010 11:55:40 PM

^ But, in the meantime, you still have nothing to offer on the topic, right?

7/20/2010 12:03:55 AM

Motherfucker DO YOU

7/20/2010 12:08:46 AM

^ Thanks for sharing.

7/20/2010 12:32:32 AM

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"I smell hoax. Who preserves a table? Who builds a table for a 1000 people when you can't hear across it?"

It was the dark ages and much of what was handed down was lore.

Perhaps it was watered down over the ages and later interpreted as a table.

Perhaps there was a round table in the hall and the heavy hitters, or different factions approached it, while the rest stayed in the gallery.
In fact, if you think of it, that's kind of like how it is done today in British Parliment.

7/20/2010 1:21:33 PM

Perhaps the historicity of King Arthur is dubious at best. Why is this a big deal?

Is hooksaw meta-trolling?

7/20/2010 1:35:43 PM

^^ Thanks for the serious response. I appreciate it.

^ The find at issue could help, in some way, to establish King Arthur as more fact than fiction. And, no, I'm not trolling.

7/20/2010 1:50:42 PM

The problem is that Britain is filled with sites that people like to claim is part of Arthurian Legend. I don't think that one more such site proves anything unless they can find some sort of strong archaelogical evidence that a king named Arthur existed, much less held court there.

Yes, I know that many hypotheses exist that draw parallels between the Arthur of legend and historical British kings from the post-Roman period, but all of those are just conjecture by people who would like for the legends to be true and have yet to be supported by hard evidence.

7/20/2010 2:05:20 PM

pics or it didn't happen

7/20/2010 2:08:57 PM

^^in a related story, see every single "Discovery of Noah's Ark."

7/20/2010 2:19:17 PM

As well as the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, and various other plot devices from Indiana Jones films.

7/20/2010 2:25:37 PM

Find the Crystal Skull, then I'll be impressed.

7/20/2010 2:33:33 PM

^^^^^ So you're saying that it was likely a hoax a few years back when they uncovered Hobbiton as part of an archaeological dig?

7/21/2010 7:38:27 AM

^ what are you referring to? this is all i could come up with: http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba65/feat4.shtml



[Edited on July 21, 2010 at 8:27 AM. Reason : kinver edge in worcestershire]

7/21/2010 8:25:22 AM