... as mere legend-worship, they nevertheless prove a point in their entirety. There are a number of texts referring to the excavation of Arthur's tomb from the island of Avalon in the year 1191, approximately five hundred years after Arthur's death. According to Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall, a reliable source of the late 12th century, there lay a cross with an inscription above Arthur's burial chamber (White ... 517). It read: "Here lies the famous King Arthur, buried in the Isle of Avalon"(White 517). Though the location of this grave was obviously never verified (and could very well be a ho...

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