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Topic: building a miniature of Camalot
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Cherylle
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posted 09-17-2000 06:28 PM
  
I plan to build king arthurs Camalot and would love to know if anyone has any idea where I might find out what the inside layout was like so i can be as accurat as possible. The scale will be 1 inch to 1 foot and will be as complete as I can make it. I have been building miniatures for about 10 years and this will be my largest project yet. Thanks for any and all help |
duncan
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posted 09-18-2000 09:21 AM
No one knows for sure what it looked like. Your asking for something that has been debated for half a thousand years. Did even the builder live or his king, and if so who were they?
In most myths the city is described as having a double outer wall with many towers. The facts agreed on are it was built upon an old Roman site or a hill top near two rivers. Look at history and how the Romans built their forts and what stones were used and where they were placed, this will give you some insight as to what it might have looked like. No military combat person ever ignores a site that will aid them. I suspect if he did exist he took advantage of the site and rebuilt the hill top into something that would meet his needs at the time. He had already been useing other X Roman forts and this sort of construction would not have been new to his builders.
You will need to read every thing that you can on this subject and make your own conclusions, which by the way, will be as close as any one eles's that claimes to be an expert.[This message has been edited by duncan (edited 09-18-2000).] |
wurdsmiff
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posted 09-18-2000 02:58 PM
Cherylle, just a little reminder that you do not have to post the same question in more than one forum, we read them all, you now have your answer divided between two pages.
Adding to Duncan's answer, the Romans did indeed tend to build very close to rivers, and dark age folks tended to live on hill tops (at least in the areas which constituted the ancient nations of the Britons), so it's unlikely that both would be true.
This theory typifies the mythical nature of all that is Arthur, and many great scholars have worked on the problems of identifying both Arthur and Camelot without success. All that has been offerred are educated theorems.------------------
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Sir Kay
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posted 09-29-2000 03:20 AM
Cherylle, The topic of Arthur always brings up more questions than answers as he wasn't an actual person, but rather a melding of several Celtic myths, legends, and even actual personages. As for Camelot, well it to is the subject of much debate. If Arthur were to have existed, the closest period would be just after the Romans left britain, so likely he would have used roman style fortifications and equipment as much would have been available to him. During the middle ages, much was given to romantic love, and the whole arthur legend was rewritten and addapted to both this theme and those times. Arthur's proported home was Tintagel which still exists although when I was there, it was in poor shape and obviously far to new to have ever played any role. I guess you have to decide if you want to build a model, what you want, after all no one can tell you your model isn't right, as the actual camelot never according to all the current information available to us, existed. I hope this helps, feel free to e-mail me as I have an interest in medieval models as well having done a number of Verlinden figures.
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knight1133
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posted 10-24-2000 07:49 PM
I too am doing research on Camelot and if you still need a floor plan the best castle to use is Beaumaris Castle in Wales.Hope this helps
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