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WELCOME to MacCamelot. King Arthur was a Scottish, pre-Christian warlord whose remains are buried on Iona, according to a new book by a Scots historian. 
  
 Author Adam Ardrey claims that instead of the romantic English king of legend who lived at Camelot – which is often said to be Tintagel in Cornwall or in Wales – Arthur was actually Arthur Mac Aedan, the sixth-century son of an ancient King of Scotland, whose Camelot was a marsh in Argyll. 
  
 He also suggests that Arthur pulled the sword Excalibur from a stone at Dunadd near Kilmartin, died near Falkirk and was buried on the Hebridean island of Iona, which he declares to be Avalon. 
  
 Ardrey, an amateur historian who works as an advocate in Edinburgh and previously wrote a book claiming Merlin the wizard was actually a politician who lived in the Partick area of Glasgow, spent years investigating his theories and says that they can be proved “beyond reasonable doubt”. The assertions in his book Finding Arthur: The True Origins Of The Once And Future King are strengthened by the discovery in 2011 of what some experts believe is King Arthur’s round table in the grounds of Stirling Castle. 
  
 Ardrey says he not only believes Arthur is buried in Iona but would love to see the site excavated to look for proof. 
  
 “The legendary Arthur is said to be buried in an island in the western seas – Avalon – but in the south of Britain there are no islands in the western seas,” he says. 
  
 “Iona fits all the criteria. It’s an island where hundreds of kings were buried. Some say 128. Other members of Arthur Mac Aedan’s family were buried there too. I say Arthur was also buried there.” 
  
 Ardrey states that Camelot is a nondescript marshy area north of Dunadd, an ancient hill fort in ­Argyll, where the sword in the stone “scene” was enacted. 
  
 He believes that the number of connections between Argyll and Arthur are so numerous that he has met Argyll and Bute Council several times in the hope of establishing an Arthur tourist trail in the area. 
  
 A spokesperson for the council said: “Argyll and Bute’s rich and varied cultural history attracts many admirers and Dr Ardrey’s books are an example of that. The council has not entered into any agreement with Dr Ardrey.” 
  
 He said that he also believes Arthur’s 12 battles were fought on different sites across Scotland, including Stow in the Borders, where he says the Battle of Guinnion took place, and the Battle of the City of the Legions, which he says was fought on the site of the Roman fort of Trimontium in Melrose. 
  
 “The litmus test for Arthur is the 12 battles and the battle list,” he said. “I was able to identify all of them geographically, as well as historically place them in context. Six of them are even in a straight line. Everything fits into context.” 
  
 He also asserts that the Battle of Camlann, at which Arthur was believed to have been killed, was fought at Camelon, near Falkirk, just 12 miles south of Stirling and the Round Table. 
  
 The legend of Arthur developed in the Middle Ages largely through the popularity of Historia Regum Britanniae, a 12th-century text written by Geoffrey of Monmouth that related his story in fanciful and mythical terms. 
  
 Many historians have attempted to link Arthur with Cornwall and Tintagel Castle, and in 1998 an ancient stone bearing a sixth-century inscription similar to the name Arthur was unearthed at the castle, the mythical birthplace of the legendary king. 
  
 It was hoped that the discovery could prove that King Arthur had his headquarters at the site of the ruined castle on the north coast of Cornwall, but the findings – of a piece of slate inscribed with the name Artognov – Latin for the English name Arthnou – remained inconclusive. 
  
 However, in 2011 it was believed that Arthur’s Round ­Table may have been ­unearthed by Glasgow University archaeologists investigating the King’s Knot in the grounds of Stirling Castle. 
  
 The book also asserts that Arthur became the victim of an establishment conspiracy which was determined to recast him as an English Christian hero. 
  
 It also claims that, as a Scottish man of the druidic “Old Way”, he was the last of his kind holding out against a zealous Christian onslaught. 
  
 “I am hoping the book provokes debate and discussion,” said Ardrey. “But if I’m right, then 100 years of British history needs to be rewritten.” 
  
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 THERE are few stories more English than the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. 
  
 From pulling the sword Excalibur from the stone to fighting Saxon invaders, Arthur’s tales have been captured by countless books, films and TV shows. 
  
 But now an amateur historian believes he has uncovered conclusive evidence that the brave warrior wasn’t an English hero – but the son of a Scots king. 
  
 In his book Finding Arthur: The True Origins of the Once and Future King, Adam Ardrey argues the legend is based on sixth-century Arthur MacAedan – and that all of the key events happened north of the Border. 
  
 Adam, of Bothwell, Lanarkshire, said: “All of this began when I was researching my family tree. 
  
 “Ardrey is an unusual name and I found it was connected to the very first reference to Merlin, which had him fighting at the Battle of Arddreyd in 573.” 
  
 The father of three went on to write a book claiming that Merlin wasn’t a wizard but a politician who lived in Glasgow’s Partick, where a cul-de-sac called Ardery Street exists. 
  
 Now he’s carried on his research using texts dating back to the sixth century to show that Arthur was also a Scot – and that the story of Excalibur can be traced back to the year 573 and Dunadd hill fort in Argyll, where a footprint is carved into the rock. 
  
 Adam said: “Arthur was there at the inauguration of his father Aedan as King of Scots and by my account Arthur was his father’s next-in-line. 
  
 “What you did was put your foot into the footprint to symbolise your connection with the land. 
  
 “Arthur put his foot into the footprint and was given a sword to hold. When he stepped out of the footprint with the sword, he laid a historical foundation upon which, hundreds of years later, entertainers gave us the magical story of the sword in the stone. 
  
 “You could say it was ‘sexed up’ for commercial reasons.” 
  
 The 58-year-old advocate argues many of the fantastical elements of the story of Arthur and his knights, including Lancelot, were added later to make it more entertaining. 
  
 And he says the adventures were relocated to England as it suited the storytellers of the time. 
  
 Adam believes he has identified each of the 12 battles fought by Arthur, placing them all on Scottish soil. 
  
 He said: “The first six are in a straight line and the next four are all between Stirling and Berwick. 
  
 “The battle in which Arthur died, the Battle of Camlann, took place at Camelon, near Falkirk. 
  
 “The battlefield is underneath what is now the coach firm Alexander Dennis.” 
  
 Adam also points to investigations carried out at Stirling Castle two years ago by archaeologists, who uncovered what they believe to be King Arthur’s Round Table in the castle grounds. 
  
 (Photo: Daily Record) 
  
 He is now hoping that his research could offer a boost to Scottish tourism. 
  
 Adam said: “For very little outlay, we could create an Arthurian trail that would run from the River Teviot in the Borders to Edinburgh and Arthur’s Seat, through to Glasgow, where Merlin was born, to Hamilton, Perth, Stirling, Argyll, Oban and out to Iona.” 
  
 Adam said: “The 2004 film King Arthur with Clive Owen and Keira Knightley was the first to place Arthur in Scotland. 
  
 “That was because the internet was available, so the screenwriters could do their own research, and they realised the story was set in the north. 
  
 “Before, all that screenwriters had was Oxford and Cambridge professors telling them the story was set in the south.” 
  
 But Adam is well aware he faces an uphill battle to convince academics and other enthusiasts to accept his theories. 
  
 He said: “With one or two exceptions, it’s been very difficult to get professional historians to actually engage with me.” 
  
 * Finding Arthur: The True Origins of the Once and Future King by Adam Ardrey is out now, published by Duckworth, priced £18.99. |||||

Scotland may have a new, ancient celebrity to call its own, according to an amateur historian. In a new book, Adam Ardrey claims King Arthur was actually Arthur Mac Aedan, the son of a Scottish king, whose "Camelot" was not Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, but a Scottish marsh—and that he pulled Excalibur from a stone in the same area in Argyll. That's not all: Ardrey tells the Scotsman he's identified all 12 of Arthur's battle sites around Scotland, including where he died—near Falkirk, 12 miles from where his round table has supposedly been found—and the spot he was buried, on the island of Iona. "The legendary Arthur is said to be buried in an island in the western seas—Avalon—but in the south of Britain there are no islands in the western seas," Ardrey says. "Iona fits all the criteria. It's an island where hundreds of kings were buried. Some say 128. Other members of Arthur Mac Aedan's family were buried there too." Now he wants the site dug up to look for proof, but in the meantime, "I am hoping the book provokes debate and discussion," Ardrey says. "But if I'm right, then 100 years of British history needs to be rewritten." In a previous book, Ardrey claims the "wizard" Merlin of Arthur lore was actually a politician from Glasgow, the Scottish Daily Record reports. (Meanwhile, another historical king may soon be dug up in England.)