King Arthur's Round Table (henge)

King Arthur's Round Table ( German: King Arthur 's Round Table ) is a Neolithic or Bronze Age henge at Eamont Bridge south of Penrith, Cumbria ( England).

King Arthur 's Round Table is damaged by road circuit grave plant diameter of about 90 m originally consisting of a central raised area of about 24 m in diameter, from which extends a transitory 3.5 m wide dam to the southeast. He runs through a trench with a width of 12 up to 16 m and a depth of about 1.5 m, and a berm of seven meters wide. He then forms the 7.5 m wide access by the 10 to 12 m wide wall. The wall has a height of maximum 1.7 m, and at the lowest point a little more than half a meter. The eastern and northern part of the monument is lost during road construction, such destruction also refers to the northern entrance of the will have been similar to that obtained.

The monument is the central under three Henges, which lie in a triangle that extends to the west of the Rivers Lowther and Eamont. The henge in the south ( of Little Round Table) was destroyed. The 117 m measured Henge of Mayburgh is located a few hundred meters to the west. Furthermore, is close and the Hill of Skulls.

Context

Geoffrey Ashe identified more places with the name Arthur's table.

• Bwrdd Arthur ( Arthur's table ) on Anglesey is a Hill Fort.
• Bwrdd Arthur in Clwyd is a Cairn ( Cader Bronwen ) on a hill,
• The amphitheater at Caerleon;
• An earthwork Stirling Castle.
• Bwrdd Arthur at Wrexham in Wales is a Cairn.

In a history of English field names John Field listed more round tables.