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<< Our Photo Pages >> Camlan - Modern Stone Circle etc in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by VirtHist on Monday, 23 July 2007  Page Views: 14613

Modern SitesSite Name: Camlan
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Bala
Map Ref: SH855115
Latitude: 52.689046N  Longitude: 3.695451W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Camlan
Camlan submitted by kakasnarta : Another pic of the stone.....there is a good little book you can buy at the mill shop that tells the story ........and the reasons why this is the site of the last battle....makes good reading. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Modern Stone in Gwynedd

There have been many suggestion as to where Arthur’s last battle of Camlann might have taken place. Many suggestions except the obvious one of the area of Camlan on the River Dyfi (Dovey) and the ancient border between Gwynedd and Powys. If, as some Arthurian experts argue, Arthur was a Gwynedd lord and battle leader, then this does make a lot of sense, especially when the feud was supposedly with his nephew Medrod (Mordred), another local. That’s if he did fight his nephew, as the Annales Cambriae (A) for the year 537 says...

Gueith camlann in qua Arthur et Medraut corruerunt.
(The Strife of Camlann in which Arthur and Medraut (Mordred) perished".)

So it’s not even called a battle (bellum) as are all the other battles in the Annales A. Maybe the pair of them drowned trying to cross the river! However, the later version Annales (B) does call it Bellum Camlan, just as Arthur changes from simply ‘arthur’ to ‘Rex (King) Arthur’. This version also turns Mordred into a bady.

In the area are: Afon Gamlan, the mountain pass Camlan, a stretch of the river Dyfi called Camlan, a farm called Meas-y-Camlan and the Field of Camlan.
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Camlan
Camlan submitted by kakasnarta : one of the sites reputed to be the site of the last battle of King Arthur.......sited at Dinas Mawddwy Powys. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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SH8511 : The Dyfi valley near Gwernhefin farm by Nigel Brown
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SH8511 : Gwernhefin by Peter McDermott
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Re: Camlan by Leafmold on Tuesday, 15 September 2015
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The stone is easily accessed by a footpath at the rear of the Meirion Mill car park.
There is a signpost to it.
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Re: Camlan by Ian_Pegler on Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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This is a modern site. The stone was erected in 1994.

Because of safety concerns, access is restricted. To go, you must pre-arrange a visit with a guide (Laurence Main).

The neighbouring field is called Maes-y-Camlan. (note the spelling) this literally means "field of (the) Camlan".

Local druid and Arthurian scholar Laurence Main has written a book called "King Arthur's Camlan: a quest for the truth" specifically about this site. ISBN 1871974119

Ley-lines are said to converge on this stone.

Gueith can mean battle (amongst other things).

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Re: Camlan by VirtHist on Saturday, 17 May 2008
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This is a natural border between Guenedota (Gwynedd) and Pagenses (Powys), or, to be more precise, Merionydd (one the the kingdoms of Gwynedd) and Powys. But why would a battle take place here? Did it get pushed up the Camlan valley after a border dispute? But why would Medraut (Mordred) and Arthur be in dispute here? Had they swapped kingdoms? with Medraut taking the side of his wife's kingdom (Gwynhywfach), or was it the other way around with Arthur taking HIS wife's side (Gwynhywfach's sister Gwynhywfar)? Or was Arthur a man of Pagenses, or Cornov, which is why he was thought to be from Kenryw (Cornwall) and had mixed allegiances because he was fostered in Guenedota with Cai? Who knows?
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