History:
King Arthur's Stone can be found at the King Arthur Centre at Slaughterbridge, Camelford, Cornwall. Located by the River Camel, the stone is carved in Latin and Ogham, dating from the 6th century. The stone is inscribed with the words (Latini [h]ic iacit fili Macari) = Latinus son of Macarus lies here - Latinus is thought to be a Celtic ( Read more... )

There are those who claim that Cadbury Castle in Somerset was the site of King Arthur's Camelot. While lots of places try and make their own case for it, the site is large enough and strategic enough for a warlord of that period to use it as a major military location; there was lots of activity there during the 6th century during the time when ( Read more... )

I was lucky enough to visit Candleston Castle yesterday, which are the ruins in which our heroes (both those righteous and those misunderstood) camp overnight in episode 504 Another's Sorrow.

Locations Geek archaeologist_d has already posted here on LJ about the Castle, and I was merely following in her glorious footsteps ( Read more... )

Just a brief post... having caught the matinee of The Tempest today with a couple of excellent friends, and then the Q+A afterwards... which was graciously attended by the lovely Jessie Buckley (Miranda) and Roger Allam (Prospero). ♥

This post includes spoilers for the production and for Colin's role in it.

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The Tempest opened at The Globe on 23 April, with Colin as Ariel. And it was brilliant!!! If you can go and see it, then please do so (and don’t read this report). But if you can’t go, then I've posted my thoughts on the show to the website, in the hopes that you can enjoy it virtually.

Warning: This report contains detailed spoilers about Colin’s ( Read more... )

With thanks to two special fannish friends, I have posted to the website about the filming locations used in Colin's movie Parked.

You can find the entry here. I hope you enjoy it!

I've been asked a few times to identify which Merlin Locations are worth visiting in their own right, so that a Merlinian visiting with non-fans can be sure they're taking their friends to a place that will be interesting to them above and beyond the filming connection ( Read more... )

The wonderful Sarah is organising a Merlin Meet Up for all the Merlin Family, with the aim of getting together in Pierrefonds for the weekend of 17-18 August 2013.

See merlinmeetup on Live Journal and/or @Pierrefonds13 on Twitter for more information!

Remember that I was planning to regularly rewatch the episodes from the start in order to systematically look at what locations we know about and what we've missed...? No, me neither! :-D ( Read more... )

FYI, I have posted about the MCM Expo in Manchester Birmingham* yesterday on both the Merlin Locations site and our Rupert site (the same report is on both).

It was a rather long and occasionally trying day, but oh those few stolen moments of bliss make it all worthwhile!

* Sorry, it's all the same inside those convention halls! :-)