King Arthur & Camelot have intrigued historians and public alike for hundreds of years. The origin of the legend of King Arthur appeared in text of the 12th Century works of Geoffrey of Monmouth and took on a greater legendary status in Sir Thomas Mallory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", most likely written in Newgate prison between 1460 and 1471 where he died, serving a sentence for theft, rape and other violent crimes. Legend suggests Arthur was conceived at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, that Camelot was either at Camelford in Cornwall or Cadbury Castle in Somerset and Arthur's final battle of Camlann took place either in Somerset or at Slaughter Bridge in Cornwall. Lastly, Dozmary Pool where Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.
“… With both hands I flung him, wheeling him;
But when I looked again, behold an arm,
Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful,
That caught him by the hilt, and brandish’d him
Three times, and drew him under in the mere”
Tennyson
Together, we explore all the locations and separate history from myth. |
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Hauntings abound throughout Devon & Cornwall. Few areas in the world are subject to so much folklore and myth handed down through countless ages by word of mouth and written chronicles. Amongst the best known haunted venues are Berry Pomeroy, Cadbury, Pengersick & Tintagel Castles, St. Michael's Mount, Buckland Abbey, Jamaica Inn, Dozmary Pool, Bodmin Gaol and Dartmoor. However, there are so many places that have tales of the unexplained and the supernatural nearby, that we could investigate the hauntings for years without re-visiting a single location.
We provide ghost walks and tours, dowsing for spirits and for the brave-hearted, overnight vigils.
Myths are synonomous with Cornwall and Devon. Lyonesse, a sunken land said to have stretched from West Cornwall to the Scilly Islands. We visit Lands End, where all that is left of this rocky landscape can be viewed and discuss the cataclysm that led to the sea overwhelming the land. The Hurlers Stone Circles on Bodmin moor and the significant Stone tomb at Trevethy Quoit near Liskeard, still present unsolved mysteries as to why they were built and by whom. We seek the historical facts and the examine the myths. We investigate the sighting of the Morgawr in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall's "Loch Ness Monster". a rash of sightings in the mid 1970's started a quest for a still unexplained creature, witnessed by men and women who had lived next to the sea all their lives and who used to unusual visual events. Finally, we explore the Mermaids and visit Zennor Church to examine a 15th Century bench-end carving, said to depict a mermaid enticed out of the sea by a choirister's singing. She lured him down to the sea and he was never seen again.
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