Old Cornish legend relates how King Arthur's legendary
fortress of Camelot now lies buried beneath the small Cornish town of
Camelford.
There is an obvious connection between the town's name and
that of the castle. Shakespeare places Camelot in somewhere in
Cornwall.
In King Lear, the Duke of Kent may have addresses the Duke of Cornwall
with these words:
"Goose, if I had you upon
Sarum Plain,
I'd drive ye cackling home to Camelot."
Chrétien de Troyes is the first writer we know of to have made
reference to Camelot.
The connection between Camelford and Camelot
appears to be based upon the town's name, which means the ford over the
River Camel.
The land around Camelford is rich in Arthurian legendary
connections. Tintagel is only 6 miles north-west of Camelford and
Slaughterbridge is only a mile to the north on the same River Camel.
Camelford
