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[edit] connection

Regarding the connection between Camelot and Camulodunum. The writer asserts that it would be very unlikely for Camelot to refer to Camulodunum but accepts that the names may be derrived one from the other. Considering the royal geneaologies of the East Saxon kings do not start until the very end of the 6th Century there is quite possibly the chance that between 410AD when the Romans left and c.570AD when London probably fell to the Saxons, Camulodunum could have been a ceremonial royal British capital. It could well have been under periods of seige and could have been supplied from Calchwynedd to the north west. Don't discount it as a possibility! James Frankcom

[edit] Another possible site for "Camelot"

Geoffrey of Monmouth (the first writer who connected Arthur with Camelot) could certainly have known of the pre-Roman ruins of Cadbury Castle in Somerset, a site often identified with Arthur's castle.

Geoffrey would also have known of the nearby town of Cameley (2 km SE of the ruins at Sutton Hill) and its Church of Saint James (which dates to Geoffrey's lifetime).

IIRC, Cameley was also mentioned in the Domesday book, and the name itself may be a variant spelling of "Camelot" or "Camelet", assuming a Gallic pronunciation as may have been common shortly after the Norman conquest.

If Geoffrey believed Cadbury was Arthur's Castle, it would not have been unreasonable to connect it with the town of Cameley. Tadchem 22:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Geoffrey never mentioned Camelot. The first one to do so was Chretien de Troyes.--Cúchullain t/c 00:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Tided this up added some detail pn major developments and added link to the list of sites. --Machenphile 18:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs...

...a picture! Totnesmartin 17:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, but it's only a model. Powers T 14:10, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
Shhh! Totnesmartin 18:24, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Camelot is most likely fiction

I really don't think that historians believe it has existed. --Arigato1 21:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Then explain: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/29783790_6f7820f724.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.192.94.145 (talk) 02:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Remove vandalism

I'm removing several sentences that are obvious cases of especially unfunny vandalism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.237.195.219 (talk) 05:22, 27 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Kelliwik

With regards to the sentance "The romancers' versions of Camelot draw on earlier traditions of Arthur's fabulous court. The tale Culhwch and Olwen, associated with the Mabinogion and perhaps written in the 11th century, places this in Celliwig, an unknown locale in Cornwall," Celliwig isn't an unknow locale in Cornwall, as Kelliwik is the Cornish name for Callington. Celliwig is simply the Welsh translation of Kelliwik.--drewjc 16:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sultana

"There were two towns in Roman Britain named sultana..." Really! I suspect this isn't what the line originally said, but as I don't know what it did say, I'm going to leave it to someone else to change (if it's wrong).PiCo 14:19, 17 June 2007 (UTC)