Ein brenin a fu, ein brenin a fydd

Legendary  Landmarks

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

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

This attractive beach in south Ceredigion is a strong candidate for the site of the battle of Llongborth at which one of king Arthur’s foremost knights Sir Geraint fell.

llamporth

Maes Camlan, near Dinas Mawddwy in North Wales.

The map above shows the locations with legends listed on this website, to find out more about the legends and art installations click on the links above or on the specific locations on the map.

locations

Here you can find the initial locations earmarked for installations.  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.

Bedd Taliesin, part of a prehistoric burial chamber near Tal-y-bont in north Ceredigion, is remembered in folklore as the last resting place of the semi-mythical bard and hero of the ancient Britons, Taliesin.

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.

A cairn atop this hill near Rhayader in mid-Wales allegedly contains a stone which bears the footprint of King Arthur’s hound Cabal which he left whilst hunting the monstrous boar Twrch Trwyth.

A beautiful tract of woodland in the dramatic Ystwyth gorge near Pont-rhyd-y-groes which is named after an ancient stone nearby bearing the name of the famous king.

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.

Bedd Taliesin

coed maenarthur

corngafallt

Carn march arthur

Cantre’r gwaelod

This lake near Ammanford was supposedly formed when the warrior Owain unwittingly disturbed the spell which surrounded an enchanted fountain and variously caused either a terrible storm or a great flood to ensue.

Llyn Llech owain

The river 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.

A hill carrying the remains of an iron age hill fort that allegedly contains the wizard Merlin’s prison.  He was immured here by the sorceress Nimue after she tricked him into revealing the secrets of his craft.