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Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around high, wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones which are held in place with mortise and tenon joints—a feature unique among contemporary monuments. Inside is a ring of smaller bluestones. Inside, these are free-standing trilithons, two bulkier vertical sarsens joined by a single lintel. The whole monument, now in ruins, is aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstic
Mount Etna
active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy
Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city located in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is the largest settlement and only city in Cumbria. In 2021, it had a population of 77,730.
Glastonbury
Glastonbury ( , ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. The town is less than across the River Brue from Street, a village which is now larger than Glastonbury.
Camelot
Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and, since the Lancelot-Grail cycle, eventually came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm and a symbol of the Arthurian world.
Avalon
Avalon () is an island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appeared in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae as a place of magic where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was made and later where Arthur was taken to recover from being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann. Since then, the island has become a symbol of Arthurian mythology, similar to Arthur's castle, Camelot.
Tintagel
Tintagel () or Trevena (, meaning Village on a Mountain) is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and in recent times have become a tourist attraction. It was claimed by Geoffrey of Monmouth that the castle was the place of Arthur's conception.
Carmarthen
Carmarthen ( , ; , 'Merlin's fort' or possibly 'Sea-town fort') is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 14,636, and the built up area had a population of 16,455. It stands on the site of a Roman town, and has a claim to be the oldest town in Wales. In the middle ages it comprised twin settlements: Old Carmarthen around Carmarthen Priory and New Carmarthen around Carmarthen Castle. The two were merged into one borough in 1546. It was the most populous boro
Modena Cathedral
cathedral of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Caerleon
Caerleon ( ; ) is a town and community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies northeast of Newport city centre, and southeast of Cwmbran. Caerleon is of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hillfort. Close to the remains of Isca Augusta are the National Roman Legion Museum and the Roman Baths Museum. The town also has strong historical and literary associations: Geoffrey of Monmouth elevated the significance of Caerleon as a major centre of British history in his Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136), and Al
Tintagel Castle
castle in Cornwall, England, UK
Arthur's Seat
mountain in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Bamburgh Castle
Grade I listed historic house museum in Bamburgh, United Kingdom
Glastonbury Tor
hill in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Glastonbury Abbey
former Benedictine abbey at Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Dumbarton Castle
castle in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Carlisle Castle
castle in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Annwn
Annwn (), or Annwfn (), is the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd), it is a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant.
Bodmin Moor
granite moorland in northeastern Cornwall, England
Caledonian Forest
Scottish rainforest
Brocéliande
Brocéliande, earlier known as Brécheliant and Brécilien, is a legendary enchanted forest that had a reputation in the medieval European imagination as a place of magic and mystery. Brocéliande is featured in several medieval texts, mostly relating to the Arthurian legend, as well as in numerous modern works.
Alderley Edge
village and civil parish in Cheshire East, UK
Lyonesse
Lyonesse (/liːɒˈnɛs/ lee-uh-NESS) is a kingdom which, according to legend, consisted of a long strand of land stretching from Land's End at the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, to what is now the Isles of Scilly in the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean. It was considered lost after being swallowed by the ocean in a single night. The people of Lyonesse were said to live in fair towns, with over 140 churches, and work in fertile, low-lying plains. Lyonesse's most significant attraction was a castle-like cathedral that was presumably built on top of what is now the Seven Stones Reef
Paimpont forest
forest in the French commune of Paimpont, Brittany
Logres
Logres (also Logris or Loegria, among other forms) is King Arthur's realm in the Matter of Britain. The geographical area referred to by the name is south and eastern England. However, Arthurian writers such as Chrétien de Troyes and Wolfram von Eschenbach have differed in their interpretations of this. ==Etymology== It derives from the medieval Welsh word Lloegyr, a name of uncertain origin referring to South and Eastern England (Lloegr is modern Welsh for all of England).
Isca Augusta
architectural structure in Caerleon, Newport, Wales, UK
Arthuret
right|thumb|300px|Arthuret church from Woodland Edge Arthuret is a civil parish in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,434, increasing to 2,471 at the 2011 census. The parish includes the town of Longtown and the village of Easton. It is bounded by the River Esk to the west and the River Lyne to the south.
Richmond Castle
eleventh-century castle built in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Llanuwchllyn
thumb|190px|St Deiniol's Church thumb|190px|Medieval tomb at Llanuwchllyn Llanuwchllyn () is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake). It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales.
Eildon Hills
range of three hills in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Pendragon Castle
Grade I listed castle in Mallerstang, United Kingdom
Sarras
Sarras is a mystical island to which the Holy Grail is brought in the Arthurian legend. In the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, Joseph of Arimathea and his followers visit the island on their way to Britain; while there Joseph's son Josephus is invested as a bishop and shown the mysteries of the Grail by Christ himself. The party wins many converts, and moves on to Britain where they establish a great line of kings. After they achieve the Grail the knights Galahad, Percival, and Bors return the object to Sarras aboard Solomon's ship, but they find the residents fallen back to paganism. The Grail knights
Dinas Emrys
Iron Age hillfort and castle probably erected by Prince Llewelyn II to guard the road to the mountain pass of Snowdon
Cadbury Castle
hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
Corbenic
Corbenic (Carbone[c]k, Corbin) is the name of the Grail castle, the edifice housing the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend. It is a magical domain of the Grail keeper, often known as the Fisher King. The castle's descriptions vary greatly in different sources, and it first appears by that name in the Lancelot-Grail cycle where it is also the birthplace of Galahad.
Ganarew
Ganarew (from Welsh: '''''Genau'r Rhiw'''''; 'Gana-rhiw', and 'Gan y rew') is a village and small civil parish in south Herefordshire, England near the River Wye and the border with Wales. The village is located southwest of the village of Whitchurch on the main A40 road, and lies within the electoral ward of Kerne Bridge. The village is about from Monmouth and from Ross-on-Wye. It contains the Church of St Swithin and Ganarew Manor.
Val sans Retour
fictional land
Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire
Dolmen in England
Drumelzier
thumb|250px|Drumelzier village Drumelzier (), is a village and civil parish on the B712 in the Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders.
Tombeau de Merlin
grave in Paimpont, France
Château de Joyeuse Garde
castle ruins
Joyous Gard
castle featuring in the legend of King Arthur
Slaughterbridge
thumb|425px|Sketchmap of Slaughterbridge, Treague, and Camelford Station
Hotié de Viviane
tumulus in Paimpont, France
King Arthur's Round Table
Neolithic henge monument in Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, UK
King Arthur's Great Halls
grade II* listed building in Fore Street, Tintagel, Cornwall, England
Astolat
thumb|A road to Shalott in Gustave Doré's 1867 illustration for Tennyson