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Mail David
1191: This year were found at Glastonbury
the bones of the most renowned Arthur, formerly King of Britain, buried in
a very ancient coffin, about which two ancient pyramids had been built: on
the sides of these was in inscription, illegible on account of the
rudeness of the script and its worn condition. The bones were discovered
as follows: as they were digging up this ground to bury a monk who had
urgently desired in his lifetime to be interred there, they discovered a
certain coffin, on which a leaden cross had been placed, bearing the
inscription,
Here lies the famous King Arturius, buried in the Isle of Avalon.
For this place, which is surrounded by marshes, was formerly called the
Isle of Avalon, that is, the isle of apples.
Ralph of Coggeshall
Extract from his
"English Chronicle" (c.1220)