Cornwall, England
Here, according to local tradition, Sir Bedivere finally threw
away Arthur's famous magic sword,
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| Local legend describes
this as the lake into which Sir Bedivere cast Arthur's magical
sword, Excalibur. |
Excalibur. It took him three attempts, so drawn
was he to the mighty weapon; when he finally complied with the wounded
king's wish, a hand rose from the lake and caught the sword and brandished
it three times before vanishing again beneath the water.
In fact, this is one of several sites where this event is supposed
to have taken place: Pomparles Bridge, at Glastonbury, is another,
as is Looe Pool and Llyn Llydaw in Wales. In reality, despite its
atmospheric setting high on Bodmin Moor, Dozemary is one of the least
likely sites for the last resting place of Excalibur. For one thing,
it is too far from any of the traditional sites of the Battle of Camlan,
where Arthur received his fatal wound; for another, despite stories
of the lake being bottomless, it is far from that and in fact dried
up almost entirely in 1859, making it an unlikely home for the Lady
of the Lake.
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