One of the earliest monastic settlements in Wales, its founder, St. Padarn is said to have confronted Arthur after the king stole his enchanted coat.  Arthur was later forced to seek forgiveness following divine intervention.

Llanbadarn fawr

Maes Camlan, Dinas Mawddwy.

Maes Camlan in north Wales is one of a handful of locations in this region that bear the name of one of ‘the three futile battles of the Isle of Britain’ the battle of Camlan, Arthur’s last mortal conflict with his treacherous nephew.

A stretch of heath land in the Ystwyth valley that bears the name of Arthur’s faithful hound Cabal, one of a number of places locally that recall Arthur in his aspect as the great archetypal hunter.

Maes Camlan

Rhos Gafallt

A stately home and now a hotel near Aberystwyth that was once the resting place of the so-called ‘Nanteos Cup’, said by many to be the Holy Grail itself.

Nanteos mansion

locations

Here you can find the locations earmarked for installations during this current phase of the project.  If you click on the links below you can view details of each individual project including background information on the legendary associations of each site and the specific installation proposed.

In the hills north of the Dovey estuary lies a stone that contains the supposed hoof-print of King Arthur’s steed as it strained to pull a terrible monster from the nearby ‘bearded’ lake, Llyn Barfog.

Cantre’r Gwalelod was supposedly a great tract of fertile land lost beneath the waves of Cardigan Bay when its drunken guardian failed to maintain its defences.

Llyn Barfog

Cantre’r gwaelod