Arthur's Stone: Archaeologists dig up tomb linked to King Arthur

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62147953

wouldnt it be funny if they did turn up a body.......

[Tarnegol]

...with an inscribed lead cross...

[Imperial Dave]

and a little goblet....

[Erpingham]

Other than its name, how is it linked to King Arthur?   What local legends support the connection?  I say this because I've been to this place (well. passed it) and I remember it being on a hill, not anything resembling an island 

[Anton]

If memory serves and it's the right one it is fancied as the grave of the son of Arthur the Soldier.  Does it not change dimensions each time it is measured?

A lot of these very old monuments got repurposed in Late Antiquity.

I hope we get to read what they find.

[Jim Webster]

and a little goblet....

Wearing a late Roman cavalry helmet with his name on the inside of the brim   

[Imperial Dave]

indeed.....

[Anton]

Not sure if the geography works but is this the one?

"There is another miracle in the region which is called Ercing. A sepulcra is shown near a spring which is given the name Licat Amr, and the name of the hero who's grave is in the tumulus, it follows, was called Amr. He was the son of Arthur the soldier, and he himself has killed him in that very place and done the burying. And men come to measure the tumulus in length: sometimes it is six feet; sometimes nine; sometimes twelve; sometimes fifteen. For whatever the measurement you will measure it in such a succession, again you will not find it with the same measurement; and even I have made confirmation on my own." 1,2

[Imperial Dave]

thats the one. Ercing was a region of NE Gwent

[Erpingham]

thats the one. Ercing was a region of NE Gwent

A quick search online alternatively suggest Licat Amr is at a place called Gamber Head or in Wormelow. 

The story does offer a way of confirming the identification.  If the archaeologists measure the tomb two days running and the size is the same, it isn't Licat Amr.

[Erpingham]

Bit more from the Beeb here, with a bit more on associated legends.

[Imperial Dave]

http://britishfolklore.com/arthurs-stone

I am sure there is more info somewhere. I'll have a look in Hando's Gwent

[Swampster]

I went there on one of my trips to Hay. I'd forgotten it had an Arthur link.
For the record, it was 8' 11 3/4" when I was there

[Imperial Dave]

its a very nice area all round

[Erpingham]

its a very nice area all round

Agreed.  We had a very nice holiday in the Golden Valley one year.  Castles just across the border, prehistoric monuments, Kilpeck church with its carvings, good local produce (including cider).  And pretty too.