Guinevere leading a wounded Lancelot from The Rochefoucauld Grail. Today, Arthur's Stone is the remains of what was once a secretive chamber covered by a long earthen mound. More recently, the British author CS Lewis is thought to have been inspired by the area when creating his fictional world of Narnia.Īrthur's Stone was the inspiration for the stone table upon which Aslan the Lion is sacrificed in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Like many prehistoric monuments in western England and Wales, King Arthur's stone has been linked to King Arthur since before the 13th century.Īccording to legend, it was here that Arthur slew a giant who left the impression of his elbows on one of the stones as he fell. 'Our work seeks to restore it to its rightful place in the story of Neolithic Britain.' 'Arthur's Stone is one of this country's outstanding prehistoric monuments, set in a breathtaking location, yet it remains poorly understood,' said Professor Julian Thomas at the University of Manchester. Archaeologists from the University of Manchester are working in partnership with English Heritage, which looks after Arthur's Stone, to remove turf to expose and record particularly sensitive archaeological remains.
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