In the year 1191 the bodies of King Arthur and his Queen were said to have been found on the south side of the Lady Chapel. On 19th April 1278 their remains were removed in the presence of King Edward I and Queen Eleanor to a black marble tomb on this site. This tomb survived until the dissolution of the Abbey in 1539.
great find Cherie and an even better presentation….peter:)
Thank you
I wonder if it really was them, Cherie
Fie on you m’dear, for doubting
We will never know…
I have stood on the same spots and taken snaps, closer to Arthur’s time than you though. Hahaha. It would still be there to this day had not that rascally Henry not ‘dissolved’ the Abbeys and siphoned off the wealth of our Heritage.
A king full of his own self importance who caused a lot of damage to many things.
I wrote about this on my last blog – it’s an intriguing thought, isn’t it? As for the vandalism of the dissolution, there is a debate to be had as to whether or not GB ultimately benefited; I suggest we probably did, though not without the pain of pointless religious conflict of course. Which brings me in a very roundabout way to the time of year and wishing you a most wonderful Christmas and all that’s good in the year ahead. Thanks for all your great posts and photos, and for dropping in as you do with your thoughts.
Thank you Mike, I hope you have a great Christmas too. And thank you for your interesting and informative posts
I saw King Canute’s daughter’s tomb in an ancient church in Bosham.
If you ever go to Chichester, you should visit Bosham.
It’s a tidal village, you don’t often see this in England.
A bit like St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall.
Chichester is one of the potential places for travels next year so I will keep Bosham in mind if we do travel there