{"id":6071,"date":"2009-11-12T21:41:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T03:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/11\/12\/was_king_arthur_s_camelot_in_caerleon_wa\/"},"modified":"2017-01-16T13:37:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T19:37:40","slug":"was_king_arthur_s_camelot_in_caerleon_wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/11\/12\/was_king_arthur_s_camelot_in_caerleon_wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Was King Arthur’s Camelot In Caerleon, Wales?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just where was Camelot, anyway?<\/strong> Scholars and romantics have been asking this question for ages.<\/p>\n

Well, I ran across an online video<\/strong> that covers some interesting theories about King Arthur’s possible presence in Wales. <\/p>\n

In particular, they argue that Camelot was ancient Caerleon<\/a><\/strong>, a Roman fortress with an amphitheater. <\/p>\n

This is where Geoffrey of Monmouth<\/a><\/strong> placed King Arthur, as well as Alfred Lord Tennyson<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Heritage-Key<\/a><\/strong> website, which is where I first read about the video, says this about it:<\/p>\n

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The Legend in the Landscape<\/a> is filmed on location around Gwent, home to all of the University of Wales, Newport’s campuses where Dr Ray Howell leads the audience on a trail through the landscape exploring …<\/p>\n