Post by Arthur on Nov 18, 2010 22:15:52 GMT -6
Castle Camelot
"...... Seize the freedom you have earned and live it for the both of us. I cannot follow you....... I know now that all the blood I have shed, all the lives I have taken have led me to this moment....."
As with all of the Arthurian myths and legends, the truth of the matter, Arthur’s utopian home has been debated for centuries. However, in “Unto Britannia”, the site of the castle is in Somerset; upon a hill by the name of Camelot, overlooking the village of South Cadbury.
Castle Camelot, The predominant structure from which all men named Arthur, ruled Britannia, dispensing justice, hosting feasts, games, and tournaments, while surrounding themselves with brave knights, who commanded and trained an army of the people. Camelot is destined to become an important center of commerce.
Once a fort to Saxon warlords, then to Roman leaders, the castle had been built sometime between 375 to 410 A.D., during the earlier Saxon advances into Britain.
High upon a hill, the Castle walls rise 250 feet above the surrounding land; the summit fortifications are some 3,600 feet in circumference.
It has a number of large buildings, the largest structure, a rectangular hall, some 80 feet long and 40 feet wide, served as the feasting hall and home of the infamous Round Table; it is considerable in architecture and attractive to behold. Old stone masonry still holds firm.
In a cordoned area of the great hall, sits Arthur's Round Table, the other side of the Great Hall awaits matters of court and merriment, intrigue and excitement.