Medieval druidism isn't as old as scientists once thought to be. In fact, it's over 5,000 years old, going all the way back to the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, according to archaeologists - a vast era that began thousands of years before King Arthur and his knights are said to have existed.
Researchers involved in recent digs at "King Arthur's Hall", a singular, rectangular setting on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, employed various dating methods to determine that the hall was constructed between 5,000 and 5,500 years ago.
The latest findings throw doubt on the theory that the structure was connected to the legendary figure of King Arthur, who allegedly lived during the fifth or sixth century. In fact, most historians are of the opinion that he never actually existed and was instead a product of medieval myth based on ancient stories.
a geochronologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland told Live Science
The artefact was tested for pollen and insect eggs underground to work out its age.
The 5,700-year-old burial chamber in Herefordshire is also associated through local legend with a medieval king. A particular tale suggests that a giant fighting at King Arthur's site stumbled and left an impression of its elbow on the tomb.
King Arthur's Hall
King Arthur's Hall is a unique isolated structure situated in a distant area of Bodmin Moor; by "moor" here we mean "open highlands", possibly derived from an Old English word for "wetland". It is rectangular in shape, made up of a 69 by 160 feet (21 by 49 metres) bank of earth and stone, and is dotted with 56 standing stones on the inner face of the embankment.
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Prehistoric monuments; and "long barrows" (burial mounds).
Death of Arthur
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There are several ancient sites on Bodmin Moor that are associated with Arthurian legends, and in the 16th century, it was said that King Arthur himself sometimes visited King Arthur's Hall. However, the new findings indicate that the structure would have already been several thousand years old if Arthur ever had indeed been there.
A spokesperson for the Cornwall Archaeology Society, which was also involved in the excavations, stated that the association with Arthur echoed the structure's mysterious origins.
The society's president stated,
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