Arthur`s Stone, Cefn Bryn.

Rory Thudgutter, on December 25, 2008, said:

I never noticed the sword when I go here, when was this taken?

swifty morgan, on October 8, said:

There is no sword - it's a figment of his imagination

Stephen John, on October 8, said:

Yes, too many books and Hollywood films have portrayed this figment of the imagination. They really ought to stop the nonsense about Excalibur and the sword in the stone, it really is childish?

swifty morgan, on October 8, said:

It's your photo portraying this cr#p!

Stephen John, on October 8, said:

Yes I know thank you very much. On the subject of cr*p, have you corrected your error on your photo in Llandovery yet?? Now why dont you go and correct everybodys photos in Beddgelert of Gelerts grave which is another figment of somebodys imagination. Then pop over to Notingham and have a go at the photos of Robin Hoods statue etc etc etc.

swifty morgan, on October 8, said:

What on earth are you on about? Am I talking to a nutter?

Stephen John, on October 8, said:

I was referring to your Llandovery photo with erroneous information which you have now deleted. No need to have deleted the photo, just correct your errors and no need then for tantrums.

swifty morgan, on October 8, said:

Nutter

Stephen John, on October 8, said:

Sorry, but there is only one nutter here. Your comments here are just because you took offence at me correcting your historical inaccuracies on one of your photos. Now, should you not be getting ready for school??? Or are you still in kindergarten?

swifty morgan, on October 9, said:

Do you have this pic of Arthur's Stone without the superimposed sword?

Stephen John, on October 9, said:

No, I cant even find the photo with the sword on my PC. It is there somewhere I am sure amongst the 20,000 plus photos. Here is another without the sword. [IMG]http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/stifyn/PC240010.jpg[/IMG]

The stone is one of a series of burial chambers across the high points of Gower. This particular stone has a cleft in it where the sword was supposed to have been. How the legend came about I have not the foggiest but probably some local hotelier came up with the idea to attract tourists. It was a hotelier that dreamt up the idea and legend of Gelerts Grave (the faithful dog) to attract business to the village of Beddgelert. Bedd = grave and Gelert is derived from a 6th century monk called Celert who was buried nearby and hence the name and nothing to do with this ficticious dog. Despite this, thousands of tourists flock to the monument to the dog that never existed each year so the ploy worked, not that Beddgelert needed any such ploy as it is a rather beautiful village at the foot of Moel yr Hebog and Snowdon.