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Exploring Arthurian Britain What was Britain like in the fifth and sixth centuries? Documentary sources are fragmentary and hard to authenticate. Fertile ground for myth and legend. Most potent are the stories that have grown around King Arthur. ‘Gildas and the Battle of Mount Badon’ Exploring Arthurian Britain, 5 The work of Gildas, is the only near contemporary surviving documentary source for Britain in the fifth and early-sixth centuries. Gildas tells us that Anglo-Saxon mercenaries, invited into Britain from the late-440s to combat the threat from raiding Picts and Irish, soon turned against their paymasters. He tells of a significant British victory over an Anglo-Saxon army at Mount Badon. Later writers will associate Arthur with leading the British forces. Various locations have been suggested for the site of the battle, including the hillforts at Little Solsbury Hill just outside Bath, Liddington Castle in Wiltshire, overlooking the Ridgeway ancient track, Ringsbury Camp, also in Wiltshire, and Badbury Rings in Dorset. An important junction may have been involved, for example where the ancient Ridgeway and Icknield Way cross at Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. The extracts quoted from Gildas are based on a translation by J. A. Giles published in1841. ‘File:Britain.circa.540.jpg’ is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons ‘History of the Kings (f.75.v) King Arthur.jpg ‘ by Jason Griffith is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:History of the Kings (f.75.v) King Arthur.jpg|History_of_the_Kings_(f.75.v)_King_Arthur]] ‘File:Arthur Leading the Charge at Mount Badon.png’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons ‘Little Solsbury Hill viewed from Bathford - geograph.org.uk - 135665.jpg’ by Phil Williams is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Little Solsbury Hill viewed from Bathford - geograph.org.uk - 135665.jpg|Little_Solsbury_Hill_viewed_from_Bathford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_135665]] ‘Wiltshire-LiddingtonCastle.jpg’ by Mik Peach is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Wiltshire-LiddingtonCastle.jpg|Wiltshire-LiddingtonCastle]] ‘On the ramparts of Ringsbury Camp, near Dogridge, Purton - geograph.org.uk - 3776034.jpg’ by Vieve Forward is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons [[File:On the ramparts of Ringsbury Camp, near Dogridge, Purton - geograph.org.uk - 3776034.jpg|On_the_ramparts_of_Ringsbury_Camp,_near_Dogridge,_Purton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3776034]] ‘Badbury Rings, Shapwick, Dorset.jpg’ by Simaron is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Badbury Rings, Shapwick, Dorset.jpg|Badbury_Rings,_Shapwick,_Dorset]] ‘File:Statue St-Gildas 07082.jpg’ by Romary is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons ‘Cotton Claudius B VII f.224 Merlin Vortigern.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Cotton Claudius B VII f.224 Merlin Vortigern.jpg|Cotton_Claudius_B_VII_f.224_Merlin_Vortigern]] ‘Hengist and Horsa Landing in England.gif’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Hengist and Horsa Landing in England.gif|Hengist_and_Horsa_Landing_in_England]] ‘Ivinghoe Beacon - geograph.org.uk - 4730162.jpg’ by Shaun Ferguson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Ivinghoe Beacon - geograph.org.uk - 4730162.jpg|Ivinghoe_Beacon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4730162]] ‘File:St Illtyd in Holy Trinity Church, Abergavenny.jpg’ by Gwenddwr is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons