1 00:00:04,068 --> 00:00:05,758 Gates: From The Dark Ages Comes 2 00:00:05,758 --> 00:00:08,000 One Of The Greatest Stories In History. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,482 Arthur Was The Leader Of The Britons. 4 00:00:10,482 --> 00:00:12,827 Gates: His Tale Is The Cornerstone 5 00:00:12,827 --> 00:00:14,206 Of British Mythology. 6 00:00:14,206 --> 00:00:16,482 The Question Is Is He Actually Down There Somewhere? 7 00:00:16,482 --> 00:00:19,862 Gates: But Was The Legendary King Arthur A Real Man? 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,000 [ Horse Neighs ] 9 00:00:23,758 --> 00:00:25,896 Gates: This Is Incredible. 10 00:00:25,896 --> 00:00:27,448 It Almost Looks Like A Structure Beneath There. 11 00:00:27,448 --> 00:00:28,896 Gates: Really Slick In Here. 12 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:30,241 Oh. Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 13 00:00:30,241 --> 00:00:33,275 This Is Where The Actual Event Happened. 14 00:00:33,275 --> 00:00:35,931 We're Talking About A Very Different King Arthur. 15 00:00:35,931 --> 00:00:44,724 ♪♪ 16 00:00:44,724 --> 00:00:48,241 King Arthur Is The Ultimate Knight In Shining Armor. 17 00:00:48,241 --> 00:00:49,827 Raised By The Wizard Merlin, 18 00:00:49,827 --> 00:00:55,758 He Lifted A Magical Sword From A Stone To Become King. 19 00:00:55,758 --> 00:00:57,310 In His Court At Camelot, 20 00:00:57,310 --> 00:01:00,034 He Formed A Society Of Noble Soldiers 21 00:01:00,034 --> 00:01:02,655 Known As The Knights Of The Round Table. 22 00:01:02,655 --> 00:01:05,206 Along With The Brave Galahad And Lancelot, 23 00:01:05,206 --> 00:01:10,931 Arthur United The Britons To Defeat An Army Of Invaders. 24 00:01:10,931 --> 00:01:13,379 His Story Is A Fairy Tale. 25 00:01:13,379 --> 00:01:14,827 Or Is It? 26 00:01:14,827 --> 00:01:17,689 What If Everything You Think You Know About King Arthur 27 00:01:17,689 --> 00:01:19,931 Is Dead Wrong? 28 00:01:19,931 --> 00:01:22,862 Archaeologists And Historians Across Great Britain 29 00:01:22,862 --> 00:01:26,172 Are Making Discoveries That Could Prove The Existence 30 00:01:26,172 --> 00:01:28,827 Of A Flesh-And-Blood King. 31 00:01:28,827 --> 00:01:31,172 In A Ruined Castle On The Coast Of England, 32 00:01:31,172 --> 00:01:35,517 A Mysterious Inscription Could Verify Arthur's Birthplace. 33 00:01:35,517 --> 00:01:38,310 In Pitch-Black Caves In The Country Of Wales, 34 00:01:38,310 --> 00:01:42,931 Explorers May Be Closing In On His Long-Lost Remains. 35 00:01:42,931 --> 00:01:45,413 And To The North, One Historian Believes 36 00:01:45,413 --> 00:01:51,103 That Arthur Wasn't A King At All But Something Else Entirely. 37 00:01:51,103 --> 00:01:53,551 My Mission Is To Examine The Newest Evidence 38 00:01:53,551 --> 00:01:56,068 Across Great Britain And To Lift The Veil 39 00:01:56,068 --> 00:01:58,655 On One Of The Greatest Mysteries Of All Time -- 40 00:01:58,655 --> 00:02:00,482 Was King Arthur Real? 41 00:02:00,482 --> 00:02:03,000 And If So, Who Was He? 42 00:02:06,896 --> 00:02:10,724 My Name Is Josh Gates. 43 00:02:10,724 --> 00:02:14,827 With A Degree In Archaeology And A Passion For Exploration, 44 00:02:14,827 --> 00:02:18,931 I Have A Tendency To End Up In Some Very Strange Situations. 45 00:02:18,931 --> 00:02:20,344 Good Lord! 46 00:02:20,344 --> 00:02:22,103 Aah! [ Laughs ] 47 00:02:22,103 --> 00:02:25,103 My Travels Have Taken Me To The Ends Of The Earth 48 00:02:25,103 --> 00:02:28,344 As I Investigate The Greatest Legends In History. 49 00:02:28,344 --> 00:02:29,689 We're Good To Fly. Let's Go. 50 00:02:29,689 --> 00:02:31,827 This Is... 51 00:02:31,827 --> 00:02:34,137 --Captions By Vitac-- Www.Vitac.Com 52 00:02:34,137 --> 00:02:36,517 Captions Paid For By Discovery Communications 53 00:02:36,517 --> 00:02:38,827 [ Bird Cries ] 54 00:02:38,827 --> 00:02:45,517 ♪♪ 55 00:02:45,517 --> 00:02:47,310 Welcome To England. 56 00:02:47,310 --> 00:02:50,689 You Might Be Wondering What I'm Doing In The Freezing Waters 57 00:02:50,689 --> 00:02:52,965 Of The North Atlantic. 58 00:02:52,965 --> 00:02:56,724 Actually, Right About Now, I'm Wondering The Same Thing. 59 00:02:56,724 --> 00:02:58,448 I'm Here To Begin My Quest 60 00:02:58,448 --> 00:03:02,241 For The Truth Behind The Legend Of King Arthur. 61 00:03:02,241 --> 00:03:07,068 Along These Cliffs Is A Place Known As Tintagel Castle. 62 00:03:07,068 --> 00:03:11,586 This Is The Birthplace Of The King Arthur Legend. 63 00:03:11,586 --> 00:03:18,275 ♪♪ 64 00:03:18,275 --> 00:03:24,931 ♪♪ 65 00:03:24,931 --> 00:03:28,448 So This Is What's Known As Merlin's Cave. 66 00:03:28,448 --> 00:03:29,827 It's A Sea Cave. 67 00:03:29,827 --> 00:03:32,172 And In The Next Few Hours, It'll Be Mostly Underwater. 68 00:03:32,172 --> 00:03:35,448 It Connects The Ocean To Tintagel Castle Above. 69 00:03:35,448 --> 00:03:37,827 This Is Where The Baby King Arthur 70 00:03:37,827 --> 00:03:39,931 First Meets The Wizard Merlin. 71 00:03:39,931 --> 00:03:42,620 But The Question Has Always Been Is This Story True, 72 00:03:42,620 --> 00:03:43,931 Or Is It A Fairy Tale? 73 00:03:43,931 --> 00:03:46,068 Well, There's Been An Archaeological Discovery 74 00:03:46,068 --> 00:03:48,724 In The Castle Above That May Settle The Question 75 00:03:48,724 --> 00:03:50,413 Once And For All. 76 00:03:54,413 --> 00:03:56,620 The Fortress Is Too New To Be Arthur's. 77 00:03:56,620 --> 00:03:58,517 It Was Built By The Earl Of Cornwall 78 00:03:58,517 --> 00:04:00,137 In The 13Th Century. 79 00:04:00,137 --> 00:04:03,448 But There May Be Evidence Here That Predates The Castle. 80 00:04:08,448 --> 00:04:12,379 Archaeologist Win Scutt Has Been Studying These Ruins For Years. 81 00:04:12,379 --> 00:04:14,689 First Of All, This Is A Dramatic Place. 82 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:16,931 It Is. It's Just I Think The Most Spectacular Place 83 00:04:16,931 --> 00:04:19,379 In The Whole Of Britain, Actually, To Put A Castle. 84 00:04:19,379 --> 00:04:22,344 This Site Is Strongly Associated With The Arthur Legend. 85 00:04:22,344 --> 00:04:24,896 Yeah, This Is Where He Was Supposed To Be Conceived. 86 00:04:24,896 --> 00:04:27,172 It's Probably Because Of That That Richard, Earl Of Cornwall, 87 00:04:27,172 --> 00:04:29,068 Decides To Build This Castle. 88 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:31,517 So In A Way, It's A Commemoration Of That Legend. 89 00:04:31,517 --> 00:04:33,482 Gates: But To Understand That Legend, 90 00:04:33,482 --> 00:04:35,620 We Need To Place It In History. 91 00:04:35,620 --> 00:04:38,000 Today, The Island Of Great Britain Is Comprised 92 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,137 Of England, Scotland, And Wales. 93 00:04:40,137 --> 00:04:45,241 2,000 Years Ago, However, This Was Britannia, 94 00:04:45,241 --> 00:04:48,103 The Far-Flung Edge Of The Roman Empire. 95 00:04:48,103 --> 00:04:52,034 But By The 5Th Century A.D., The Romans Abandoned The Island. 96 00:04:52,034 --> 00:04:54,827 Almost Overnight, Civilization Crashes, 97 00:04:54,827 --> 00:04:56,862 And The Dark Ages Begin. 98 00:04:56,862 --> 00:05:00,344 Invaders From All Sides Seize The Opportunity To Conquer -- 99 00:05:00,344 --> 00:05:03,103 Irish From The West, Picts From The North 100 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:06,896 And, From The East, The Most Dangerous Of All... 101 00:05:06,896 --> 00:05:08,137 The Saxons. 102 00:05:08,137 --> 00:05:09,586 According To Legend, 103 00:05:09,586 --> 00:05:12,965 A Warrior King Named Arthur Emerges From Amidst The Chaos 104 00:05:12,965 --> 00:05:15,931 To Defend The Britons Against The Invading Horde. 105 00:05:15,931 --> 00:05:18,241 So The Story Of Arthur Is Really 106 00:05:18,241 --> 00:05:19,586 Arthur Was The Leader Of The Britons. 107 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:20,896 Right. 108 00:05:20,896 --> 00:05:23,103 And So He Galvanized All These People To Fight 109 00:05:23,103 --> 00:05:25,689 These Pesky Saxons Coming In. -Right. 110 00:05:25,689 --> 00:05:28,517 So If Arthur Was A Real Man, We're Talking About Someone 111 00:05:28,517 --> 00:05:30,965 Who Would've Been Alive In The 6Th Century? 112 00:05:30,965 --> 00:05:33,000 Well, In The 6Th Century. Yeah, Yeah. 113 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Somewhere 5Th, 6Th Century. Something Like That. 114 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,206 Gates: If That's The Case, Though, 115 00:05:37,206 --> 00:05:39,517 Arthur's Home Is In The Dark Ages. 116 00:05:39,517 --> 00:05:43,482 Forget Images Of A Stately King And An Imposing Stone Castle 117 00:05:43,482 --> 00:05:44,965 Or Knights In Shining Armor 118 00:05:44,965 --> 00:05:47,793 Or The Crusades Or The Quest For The Holy Grail. 119 00:05:47,793 --> 00:05:51,310 None Of That Stuff Shows Up Until Hundreds Of Years Later 120 00:05:51,310 --> 00:05:54,103 In The Medieval Era, Which Is When Romantic Writers 121 00:05:54,103 --> 00:05:56,655 Started Spinning Tales About Arthur. 122 00:05:56,655 --> 00:05:58,068 Really 5Th, 6Th Century, 123 00:05:58,068 --> 00:06:00,517 We're Talking About A Very Different King Arthur. 124 00:06:00,517 --> 00:06:01,931 Very, Very Different. 125 00:06:01,931 --> 00:06:04,586 They Aren't What We Imagine To Be Medieval Knights, 126 00:06:04,586 --> 00:06:05,758 Unfortunately. -Right. 127 00:06:05,758 --> 00:06:08,413 He Wouldn't Have All That Age Of Chivalry, 128 00:06:08,413 --> 00:06:10,896 Medieval Armor, Looking Absolutely Fantastic 129 00:06:10,896 --> 00:06:12,379 On His Horse And Everything. 130 00:06:12,379 --> 00:06:14,724 I Think He Would've Looked Much More Like A Roman Soldier. 131 00:06:14,724 --> 00:06:18,103 So The Question Is, If The Castle Is From The 13Th Century 132 00:06:18,103 --> 00:06:20,344 But Arthur Was Back In The 5Th, 6Th Century, 133 00:06:20,344 --> 00:06:22,172 Was There Something Here Before This Castle? 134 00:06:22,172 --> 00:06:24,758 Could There Be Anything To The Legend That, Originally, 135 00:06:24,758 --> 00:06:26,206 This Was The Place He Was Born? 136 00:06:26,206 --> 00:06:28,655 Well, Yes, Some Amazing Things Seem To Have Been Happening Here 137 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:30,241 In The 6Th Century. 138 00:06:32,241 --> 00:06:34,137 Gates: Beneath The 13Th Century Ruins, 139 00:06:34,137 --> 00:06:36,344 There Is Evidence Of Older Structures, 140 00:06:36,344 --> 00:06:39,448 Most Of Which Still Remain Totally Unexcavated. 141 00:06:39,448 --> 00:06:42,724 In Fact, There Are Tens, Possibly Hundreds Of These 142 00:06:42,724 --> 00:06:44,137 Covering The Island. 143 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:46,517 So, At Some Stage, There Was Some Kind 144 00:06:46,517 --> 00:06:47,931 Of Major Settlement Here. 145 00:06:47,931 --> 00:06:50,551 And Recently, We've Made A Really Special Find, 146 00:06:50,551 --> 00:06:52,931 Really Rare -- An Inscription. 147 00:06:52,931 --> 00:06:54,689 Really? 148 00:06:56,827 --> 00:06:58,655 Well, That's Incredible. 149 00:06:58,655 --> 00:07:00,551 But Here Is The Most Important Bit. 150 00:07:00,551 --> 00:07:07,586 A-R-T-O-G-N-O-V -- 151 00:07:07,586 --> 00:07:09,620 Or U -- So, Artognou -- 152 00:07:09,620 --> 00:07:12,448 This Known As The Artognou Inscription. 153 00:07:12,448 --> 00:07:14,689 And That Got Everybody Really Excited 154 00:07:14,689 --> 00:07:15,724 When They Saw The "Art." -Yeah. 155 00:07:15,724 --> 00:07:17,413 "Is This Arthur?" 156 00:07:17,413 --> 00:07:20,758 So, If This Is A Personal Name, It May Well Refer To Him. 157 00:07:20,758 --> 00:07:22,068 And It's At The Right Period. 158 00:07:22,068 --> 00:07:24,724 And To Potentially Be Linked To Arthur Himself -- 159 00:07:24,724 --> 00:07:26,448 I Mean, Everybody Was Really Excited. 160 00:07:26,448 --> 00:07:29,448 Now, We Got Writing Actually Connecting Us To That Period. 161 00:07:29,448 --> 00:07:32,896 So The Dark Ages Aren't Quite So Dark As They Were. 162 00:07:32,896 --> 00:07:34,517 Right. 163 00:07:34,517 --> 00:07:37,000 Gates: The Discovery Is Far From Conclusive, 164 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,482 But It Does Show That A Historical King Arthur 165 00:07:39,482 --> 00:07:42,103 Could Have Been Born Here In Tintagel. 166 00:07:44,620 --> 00:07:46,172 And Today, The Tiny Village 167 00:07:46,172 --> 00:07:48,896 Isn't Exactly Shy About Making The Connection. 168 00:07:50,689 --> 00:07:52,206 [ Bicycle Bell Rings ] 169 00:07:52,206 --> 00:07:53,896 In The Legend, Arthur Becomes King 170 00:07:53,896 --> 00:07:56,344 By Pulling The Famous Sword From The Stone. 171 00:07:56,344 --> 00:07:59,965 Here's My Chance To Finally Get The Respect I Deserve. 172 00:07:59,965 --> 00:08:01,965 [ Grunts ] 173 00:08:01,965 --> 00:08:04,758 I Was Meant To Be King. I Got To It. 174 00:08:04,758 --> 00:08:06,827 Just Got To Get Under It, I Think. 175 00:08:06,827 --> 00:08:10,206 [ Grunting ] Come On! Please, Please! 176 00:08:10,206 --> 00:08:11,482 Come On, You Son Of A -- 177 00:08:11,482 --> 00:08:13,413 Please! I Want To Be King. 178 00:08:13,413 --> 00:08:14,517 [ Grunts, Sighs ] 179 00:08:14,517 --> 00:08:17,965 Okay, Somebody Get Me A Saw. 180 00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:20,724 And Of Course, The Locals Are Happy To Make A Pound Or Two 181 00:08:20,724 --> 00:08:22,103 Off Their Hometown Hero. 182 00:08:22,103 --> 00:08:24,241 [ Fanfare Plays ] 183 00:08:24,241 --> 00:08:30,310 ♪♪ 184 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:31,620 I Haven't Yet Found King Arthur, 185 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:34,344 But I Did Find Another Medieval Ruler. 186 00:08:34,344 --> 00:08:36,586 Come On. 187 00:08:36,586 --> 00:08:38,172 It Says "Medieval," And It's A Ruler. 188 00:08:38,172 --> 00:08:39,517 That's -- 189 00:08:39,517 --> 00:08:41,896 Nobody? 190 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:44,103 Here It Is, The Legendary Sword Excalibur. 191 00:08:44,103 --> 00:08:46,482 And Its Ancient Inscription -- 192 00:08:46,482 --> 00:08:48,103 "Made In China. 193 00:08:48,103 --> 00:08:51,793 Potential Choking Hazard. Not For Children Under 3." 194 00:08:51,793 --> 00:08:53,241 But What Does It Mean? 195 00:08:54,413 --> 00:08:57,379 It's Clear Arthur Is Alive And Well In The Retail Sector. 196 00:08:57,379 --> 00:08:58,827 But In Order To Get To The Bottom 197 00:08:58,827 --> 00:09:01,068 Of Whether He Was A Flesh-And-Blood Hero, 198 00:09:01,068 --> 00:09:02,689 I Need To Hit The Road. 199 00:09:07,103 --> 00:09:09,206 I'm Very Proud Of The Fact That I'm Half English. 200 00:09:09,206 --> 00:09:11,241 My Mother Was Born Here. 201 00:09:11,241 --> 00:09:12,620 My Parents Met Here. 202 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,344 My Grandmother Still Lives Here. 203 00:09:14,344 --> 00:09:17,034 This Is A Place That I Have A Real Attachment To. 204 00:09:17,034 --> 00:09:19,068 My Mom Would Read Me The Arthur Stories When I Was A Kid. 205 00:09:19,068 --> 00:09:20,448 And I Always Loved That Story. 206 00:09:20,448 --> 00:09:23,206 And I Always Saw Arthur In The Way I Guess We All Do, 207 00:09:23,206 --> 00:09:25,137 Which Is That Kind Of Medieval, 208 00:09:25,137 --> 00:09:27,000 Chivalrous Knight In Shining Armor. 209 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,379 But I'm Quickly Realizing That All Of That Bears 210 00:09:30,379 --> 00:09:33,448 Little Resemblance To Who Arthur Would've Been. 211 00:09:35,724 --> 00:09:37,620 From Cornwall In Southwest England, 212 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:41,827 I'm Driving 120 Miles To Glastonbury Abbey, 213 00:09:41,827 --> 00:09:43,689 Or What's Left Of It. 214 00:09:43,689 --> 00:09:50,379 ♪♪ 215 00:09:50,379 --> 00:09:52,758 This Is Glastonbury Abbey. 216 00:09:52,758 --> 00:09:54,724 Today, It's Really Just A Skeleton 217 00:09:54,724 --> 00:09:58,241 Of What Was One Of The Richest And Most Powerful Monasteries 218 00:09:58,241 --> 00:09:59,482 In All Of England. 219 00:09:59,482 --> 00:10:01,551 And In The Very Late 12Th Century, 220 00:10:01,551 --> 00:10:05,344 The Monks Here Claimed To Make An Incredible Discovery. 221 00:10:05,344 --> 00:10:07,413 They Claimed To Find The Bones 222 00:10:07,413 --> 00:10:10,000 Of King Arthur And His Wife, Guinevere. 223 00:10:12,344 --> 00:10:15,482 In The 12Th Century, King Arthur Was Already A Celebrity. 224 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:17,068 So The Discovery Of His Grave 225 00:10:17,068 --> 00:10:20,172 Turned Glastonbury Into A Medieval Tourist Attraction. 226 00:10:20,172 --> 00:10:23,241 The Monks Claimed To Discover Two Skeletons In A Coffin 227 00:10:23,241 --> 00:10:26,689 And A Cross Identifying Them As Arthur And Guinevere. 228 00:10:26,689 --> 00:10:29,275 There's Just One Problem -- 229 00:10:29,275 --> 00:10:32,137 It's Almost Certainly A Hoax. 230 00:10:32,137 --> 00:10:35,137 After All, The Monastery Had Just Suffered A Major Fire 231 00:10:35,137 --> 00:10:36,896 And Was On Hard Times. 232 00:10:36,896 --> 00:10:39,241 The Monks' Suspiciously Well-Timed Discovery 233 00:10:39,241 --> 00:10:41,965 Of Arthur's Bones Ensured They'd Have All The Donations 234 00:10:41,965 --> 00:10:43,793 They Needed To Rebuild. 235 00:10:43,793 --> 00:10:46,172 And As For The So-Called Glastonbury Cross, 236 00:10:46,172 --> 00:10:48,068 It Was Lost To History. 237 00:10:51,310 --> 00:10:53,379 Okay, So The Grave Might Be A Bust. 238 00:10:53,379 --> 00:10:55,241 But I've Got A Recent Lead On A Place 239 00:10:55,241 --> 00:10:58,448 Where The Real King Arthur Might Actually Be Buried. 240 00:11:01,896 --> 00:11:03,413 It Almost Looks Like A Structure Beneath It. 241 00:11:03,413 --> 00:11:04,862 [ Radar Beeping Rapidly ]Ooh, What Is That Right There? 242 00:11:04,862 --> 00:11:07,413 -Oh, My God. Look At This. -That's Amazing. 243 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:21,448 Gates: In England, My Search For A Flesh-And-Blood King Arthur 244 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:24,586 Has Taken Me From His Legendary Birthplace In Tintagel 245 00:11:24,586 --> 00:11:26,034 To A Historic Dead End 246 00:11:26,034 --> 00:11:28,413 At His Supposed Grave In Glastonbury. 247 00:11:28,413 --> 00:11:29,931 However, To The West, 248 00:11:29,931 --> 00:11:32,172 There's A Group Of Explorers Who Might Be On The Verge 249 00:11:32,172 --> 00:11:36,551 Of Discovering Where The Real King Arthur Was Laid To Rest. 250 00:11:36,551 --> 00:11:38,172 To Join Them, I'm Back In The Car 251 00:11:38,172 --> 00:11:40,793 And Driving Across The Border Into The Country Of Wales 252 00:11:40,793 --> 00:11:43,793 To A Spot Known As Dinas Rock. 253 00:11:43,793 --> 00:11:45,586 Man: One, Two, Three, Four! 254 00:11:45,586 --> 00:11:47,551 [ Rock Music Plays ] 255 00:11:47,551 --> 00:11:50,586 Gates: Welcome To Wales, 256 00:11:50,586 --> 00:11:53,103 The Wild, Untamed Edge Of Britain. 257 00:11:55,137 --> 00:11:56,413 This Is Wales. 258 00:11:56,413 --> 00:11:58,103 It Looks A Lot Like England, 259 00:11:58,103 --> 00:12:00,724 Except Everything Is Spelled Really Funny. 260 00:12:02,551 --> 00:12:06,724 Mer-- Mert-- Merthor-- 261 00:12:06,724 --> 00:12:09,172 Merthyr Tyfdil. 262 00:12:09,172 --> 00:12:12,241 Headed Over To Merthyr Tyfdil. 263 00:12:12,241 --> 00:12:14,517 Sure, That's Where I'm Supposed To Be Headed. 264 00:12:14,517 --> 00:12:17,241 The Welsh People Have Always Had An Uneasy Relationship 265 00:12:17,241 --> 00:12:18,551 With Their English Neighbors 266 00:12:18,551 --> 00:12:21,172 Since Being Conquered By Them In The 11Th Century. 267 00:12:21,172 --> 00:12:23,413 But In Arthur's Time, There Was No England. 268 00:12:23,413 --> 00:12:25,827 This Was All Part Of Britannia. 269 00:12:25,827 --> 00:12:28,482 Today, The Welsh People Are The Closest Genetic Link 270 00:12:28,482 --> 00:12:31,862 To The Original Settlers Of Britain. 271 00:12:31,862 --> 00:12:34,448 A Welsh Monk Named Nennius Also Provided 272 00:12:34,448 --> 00:12:36,931 The Earliest Written Account Of Arthur's Story, 273 00:12:36,931 --> 00:12:40,689 And Many Of The Names From Those Tales Are Welsh In Origin. 274 00:12:40,689 --> 00:12:43,482 All Versions Of The Arthur Legend Have Him Mortally Wounded 275 00:12:43,482 --> 00:12:47,103 In Battle At The Hands Of The Villainous Mordred. 276 00:12:47,103 --> 00:12:48,896 But Then, Things Get Murky. 277 00:12:48,896 --> 00:12:52,758 In English Lore, Arthur Goes To The Mysterious Island Of Avalon. 278 00:12:52,758 --> 00:12:55,862 But In Wales, It's Believed The Wizard Merlin Preserved 279 00:12:55,862 --> 00:12:58,827 The Knights Of The Round Table In A Cave Under A Mountain, 280 00:12:58,827 --> 00:13:02,172 And Those Caves May Well Have Been Found. 281 00:13:02,172 --> 00:13:04,551 I Pull Off The Road To Meet With Cavers Gary Evans 282 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:06,103 And Andy Freem, 283 00:13:06,103 --> 00:13:09,241 Who Spend More Time Underground Than Anyone You'd Want To Meet. 284 00:13:09,241 --> 00:13:11,551 Gates: You Guys Look Like You Mean Business. 285 00:13:11,551 --> 00:13:12,827 -We're Ready. -Afraid So. 286 00:13:12,827 --> 00:13:13,931 We're Ready To Go. 287 00:13:13,931 --> 00:13:15,965 Gates: Gary And Andy Have Been Exploring 288 00:13:15,965 --> 00:13:17,827 The Underside Of Wales For Years, 289 00:13:17,827 --> 00:13:20,620 And They May Be Closing In On The Legendary Location 290 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:22,310 Of Arthur's Remains. 291 00:13:22,310 --> 00:13:24,034 It Says That Arthur And His Knights Are 292 00:13:24,034 --> 00:13:26,379 Still Sleeping Underground Below A Place Called 293 00:13:26,379 --> 00:13:27,862 Craig Y Ddinas, Dinas Rock, 294 00:13:27,862 --> 00:13:29,862 And Arthur Remains There Waiting To Be Called. 295 00:13:29,862 --> 00:13:31,758 -In Theory. -In Theory. 296 00:13:31,758 --> 00:13:34,275 The Question Is Is He Actually Down There Somewhere? 297 00:13:34,275 --> 00:13:38,103 There Is An Enormous Amount Of Hidden World Underneath Us. 298 00:13:38,103 --> 00:13:40,000 I Can't Wait To See It. Let's Get Suited Up. 299 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,586 -Okay, Good. -Let's Do It. Come On. 300 00:13:41,586 --> 00:13:43,103 Lead On. -We're Gonna Go This Way. 301 00:13:43,103 --> 00:13:45,827 Gates: My Companions And I Get Ready For The Adventure Ahead. 302 00:13:45,827 --> 00:13:48,965 -Let's Cave. -Let's Cave. 303 00:13:48,965 --> 00:13:51,310 Gates: We Trek To The Cave Entrance Near Dinas Rock, 304 00:13:51,310 --> 00:13:53,758 Where The Knights Are Said To Lie Sleeping. 305 00:13:53,758 --> 00:13:58,413 In Realistic Terms, What We're Looking For Is A Tomb. 306 00:13:58,413 --> 00:14:00,068 So This Is The Entrance To The Cave. 307 00:14:00,068 --> 00:14:01,620 -And Another Caver. -And Another Caver, 308 00:14:01,620 --> 00:14:03,551 Which Is Antonia, My Wife. -Hi. Very Nice To Meet You. 309 00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:05,379 She's Gonna Join Us Today. -So This Is The Entrance 310 00:14:05,379 --> 00:14:06,862 To The Cave -- Very Discreet Entrance. 311 00:14:06,862 --> 00:14:09,034 Yes, It Is. It's A Man-Made Entrance. 312 00:14:09,034 --> 00:14:11,068 It Was Framed From The Inside. -Wow. 313 00:14:11,068 --> 00:14:13,517 Originally, It Took About Eight Hours 314 00:14:13,517 --> 00:14:16,689 To Get To The Cave Passage, Which Is Behind The Entrance. 315 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:19,034 Gates: This Doorway Was Dug Out By Cavers. 316 00:14:19,034 --> 00:14:22,275 It's A Massive Shortcut That Bypasses Miles Of Tunnels 317 00:14:22,275 --> 00:14:25,517 And Gets Us Closer To Unexplored Sections Of The Cave. 318 00:14:25,517 --> 00:14:26,724 Freem: Enter The Dark. 319 00:14:26,724 --> 00:14:28,103 So What Is Down There? 320 00:14:28,103 --> 00:14:29,965 That's What We're Gonna Find Out If You Like. 321 00:14:29,965 --> 00:14:32,862 Andy, Is This A Bad Time To Tell You That I'm Claustrophobic? 322 00:14:32,862 --> 00:14:34,241 -Yes, Likely. -[ Laughs ] 323 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:36,482 I Guess I'm Committed Now. -Yeah, I Think You Could Be. 324 00:14:36,482 --> 00:14:38,000 Gates: Okay, Here We Go. 325 00:14:40,206 --> 00:14:43,034 The Caves Are Pitch-Black And, To The Untrained Eye, 326 00:14:43,034 --> 00:14:45,448 Look Like A Subterranean Temple. 327 00:14:45,448 --> 00:14:48,517 This Is Absolutely Amazing. 328 00:14:48,517 --> 00:14:50,827 -It's A Fantastic Passage. -Wow. 329 00:14:50,827 --> 00:14:53,689 Loads And Loads Of Beautiful Formations. 330 00:14:53,689 --> 00:14:56,793 Gates: In Terms Of The Legend Of Arthur's Resting Place, 331 00:14:56,793 --> 00:14:59,724 Does It Tell Us Specifically What The Cave Looks Like 332 00:14:59,724 --> 00:15:02,482 Or What The Conditions Are? Are There Any Clues? 333 00:15:02,482 --> 00:15:04,655 Evans: Well, It's Interesting 'Cause This Is 334 00:15:04,655 --> 00:15:06,034 Where Merlin Comes Back Into The Legend, 335 00:15:06,034 --> 00:15:08,206 And The Legend Says That, You Know, 336 00:15:08,206 --> 00:15:10,137 He Put The Knights And Arthur To Sleep, 337 00:15:10,137 --> 00:15:12,551 And Then He Obscured The Entrance So No One Would Find It. 338 00:15:12,551 --> 00:15:14,689 So, You Know, That Means That We Really Know Nothing 339 00:15:14,689 --> 00:15:17,206 About Where Exactly It Is, What It Looks Like. 340 00:15:17,206 --> 00:15:19,896 Archaeologically, What's Been Discovered Down Here So Far? 341 00:15:19,896 --> 00:15:24,517 Well, Near The Entrances, There Are Some Enticing Finds -- 342 00:15:24,517 --> 00:15:27,344 The Body Of Man Curled Up In The Corner. 343 00:15:27,344 --> 00:15:32,137 We Don't Know His Age. And It Was Certain -- 344 00:15:32,137 --> 00:15:34,206 Probably Something In The Region Of Medieval. 345 00:15:34,206 --> 00:15:37,310 At Another Entrance Was The Skull Of A Horse. 346 00:15:40,103 --> 00:15:42,241 Now, It's Very Unusual To See That. 347 00:15:42,241 --> 00:15:43,965 No Indication It Was Arthur Down Here. 348 00:15:43,965 --> 00:15:45,758 -Not At All. -Still Looking For That. 349 00:15:45,758 --> 00:15:48,620 -It'd Be Nice If We Could. -All Right, Well... 350 00:15:48,620 --> 00:15:51,103 On We Go. -Indeed. 351 00:15:55,482 --> 00:15:58,758 Gates: We Carry On Into The Darkness. 352 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:01,241 -Tight Fit. -That's It. 353 00:16:03,068 --> 00:16:05,724 Gates: One Hour Turns To Two, 354 00:16:05,724 --> 00:16:09,068 And Two Turns To Four. 355 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,379 I'm Totally Unsure How Deep We Are. 356 00:16:11,379 --> 00:16:13,896 But The Really Unnerving Part Is That There's More 357 00:16:13,896 --> 00:16:16,517 Than 50 Miles Of Tunnels Down Here. 358 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,103 -You All Right There, Josh? -Yeah. 359 00:16:18,103 --> 00:16:20,034 Gates: I'm Doing -- Doing Great. 360 00:16:22,172 --> 00:16:23,758 -Chest Up. -All Right. 361 00:16:23,758 --> 00:16:25,517 -Ah, Fit In There. -That's A Good One. 362 00:16:28,172 --> 00:16:31,103 -Whoa, Hang On There A Sec. -Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 363 00:16:31,103 --> 00:16:32,206 Stay There. 364 00:16:34,517 --> 00:16:36,206 -Hole In The Floor. -Holy [Bleep]. 365 00:16:36,206 --> 00:16:38,517 -That Just Drops Straight Down. -[ Laughs ] 366 00:16:40,241 --> 00:16:41,931 Gates: How Deep Is That? 367 00:16:41,931 --> 00:16:43,793 I Don't Know. 368 00:16:43,793 --> 00:16:45,172 I Really Don't Know How Far Down That Is. 369 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:47,413 Okay, So, What's The Move Now? 370 00:16:47,413 --> 00:16:48,793 So, We Have A Choice. 371 00:16:48,793 --> 00:16:50,724 And We Could Descend This By Rope. 372 00:16:50,724 --> 00:16:51,896 Or We Can Go To The Pub. 373 00:16:51,896 --> 00:16:53,068 We Can Go To The Surface And Get A Drink. 374 00:16:53,068 --> 00:16:55,172 Or We Can Go Back, Exactly. -Tough Choice. 375 00:16:55,172 --> 00:16:56,551 Okay, Let's Do It. 376 00:16:58,206 --> 00:17:00,034 Gates: We Prepare To Rappel Down The Cliff, 377 00:17:00,034 --> 00:17:02,034 Which Means Lots Of Clips And Harnesses 378 00:17:02,034 --> 00:17:06,275 To Make Sure That I Don't Make The Trip At Terminal Velocity. 379 00:17:06,275 --> 00:17:08,586 All Right, Andy, You Ready? -Yeah, I'm Gonna Go. 380 00:17:08,586 --> 00:17:10,931 Let Me Know If You Find King Arthur Down There. 381 00:17:10,931 --> 00:17:18,206 ♪♪ 382 00:17:18,206 --> 00:17:21,137 Freem: Okay, Josh, Ready For You To Come Down. 383 00:17:23,827 --> 00:17:26,137 Hoo-Hoo-Hoo, Hoo-Hoo. 384 00:17:26,137 --> 00:17:29,862 Okay, So, Swinging Around Here. 385 00:17:29,862 --> 00:17:32,034 Okay. I'm Headed Down. 386 00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:38,758 ♪♪ 387 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:41,620 Whew! Slippery. 388 00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:43,517 Very Slippery. 389 00:17:43,517 --> 00:17:46,310 Looks Like Kind Of A Free Hang Under Here, Andy. 390 00:17:46,310 --> 00:17:48,724 Yeah. Very Slippery. 391 00:17:48,724 --> 00:17:50,793 That's It. Keep Coming Down. 392 00:17:50,793 --> 00:17:52,379 Down, Down, Down, Down, Down. -Whoa. 393 00:17:52,379 --> 00:17:54,034 [ Rocks Clattering ] Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 394 00:18:01,931 --> 00:18:04,000 Gates: In A Cavern Deep Beneath Wales, 395 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,275 I'm On The Hunt For The Real-Life Resting Place 396 00:18:06,275 --> 00:18:07,724 Of The Legendary King Arthur. 397 00:18:07,724 --> 00:18:09,758 -Whoa, Hang On There A Sec. -Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 398 00:18:09,758 --> 00:18:12,000 Stay There. 399 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,793 And From The Looks Of It, It Might Be A One-Way Trip. 400 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,551 -Down, Down, Down, Down, Down. -Whoa. 401 00:18:19,551 --> 00:18:22,206 [ Rocks Clattering ] Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 402 00:18:22,206 --> 00:18:26,620 Really Slick In Here. Whoa. Got It? 403 00:18:26,620 --> 00:18:29,172 Very Slippery. 404 00:18:29,172 --> 00:18:30,965 Freem: That's It, Yeah, Good As That. 405 00:18:30,965 --> 00:18:32,482 There You Are. 406 00:18:39,551 --> 00:18:41,965 Okay. I'm Down. 407 00:18:41,965 --> 00:18:43,758 Evans: Okay. Slack Now. 408 00:18:43,758 --> 00:18:45,068 Back On Solid Footing, 409 00:18:45,068 --> 00:18:47,172 We Resume Our Search For The Burial Site. 410 00:18:47,172 --> 00:18:49,000 Okay, Let's See What's Down Here. 411 00:18:51,931 --> 00:18:54,896 We Climb And Crawl Through Chamber After Chamber, 412 00:18:54,896 --> 00:18:58,758 Hoping For Any Sign Of Human Presence. 413 00:18:58,758 --> 00:19:01,103 Gates: Look At This Place. This Is Crazy. 414 00:19:01,103 --> 00:19:02,862 Oops. 415 00:19:07,758 --> 00:19:09,172 Gates: Oh, It's Wet. 416 00:19:09,172 --> 00:19:12,000 I'm Sure This Water Is Going To Be Warm. 417 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,310 Oh, Come On. [ Winces ] 418 00:19:14,310 --> 00:19:16,931 [ Grunting ] Good Lord. 419 00:19:16,931 --> 00:19:19,724 Oh, There It Is. Oh, God. 420 00:19:19,724 --> 00:19:23,275 Okay. Okay, This Is Horrible. 421 00:19:25,517 --> 00:19:29,793 Freem: Okay, This Is A Crawl Through. 422 00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:33,000 This Is Crazy. This Is Crazy. 423 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,137 ♪♪ 424 00:19:37,137 --> 00:19:39,310 A Long Way Up, Josh. 425 00:19:39,310 --> 00:19:44,103 Whew. You're Not Kidding. 426 00:19:44,103 --> 00:19:46,310 Finally, The Tight Passages Open Up, 427 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:48,827 And We Push Into A Cavern So Massive 428 00:19:48,827 --> 00:19:51,827 Our Lights Are Unable To Illuminate The Other Side. 429 00:19:51,827 --> 00:19:53,896 This Is Incredible. 430 00:19:53,896 --> 00:19:56,310 Look At The Size Of This Room. 431 00:19:56,310 --> 00:19:58,724 How Cool Is This? -This Is Big, Isn't It? 432 00:19:58,724 --> 00:20:00,551 Gates: Whew! 433 00:20:00,551 --> 00:20:03,965 Freem: And It's Just A Chaos Of Boulders On The Floor. 434 00:20:03,965 --> 00:20:06,689 It's Just An Incredible Hallway. 435 00:20:06,689 --> 00:20:10,068 Passages Going Off In That Direction, That Way, 436 00:20:10,068 --> 00:20:11,827 That Way, And Behind Us, As Well. 437 00:20:11,827 --> 00:20:14,275 Yeah, There's One Down Here. 438 00:20:14,275 --> 00:20:17,344 All Told, There's How Many Miles Of Tunnels Down Here? 439 00:20:17,344 --> 00:20:19,896 -50 Miles. -50 Miles That's Been Mapped? 440 00:20:19,896 --> 00:20:21,379 Yep, That's All Been Mapped, And That's -- 441 00:20:21,379 --> 00:20:23,655 You Know, At Least That. It's Around That. 442 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:28,344 Imagine, In The U.K., Finding And Walking Into A Passage 443 00:20:28,344 --> 00:20:33,068 Where It Is Absolutely Certain That Nobody Knew It Was There. 444 00:20:33,068 --> 00:20:35,206 And You Find Places Like This. 445 00:20:35,206 --> 00:20:38,793 It's Possible That A Chamber Which Has Got 446 00:20:38,793 --> 00:20:41,758 Important Archaeological Deposits Could Be Found. 447 00:20:41,758 --> 00:20:43,931 We Know That There Are Undiscovered Caves. 448 00:20:43,931 --> 00:20:46,310 We Can Tell That They're There From Where The Water Goes 449 00:20:46,310 --> 00:20:47,655 And Where It Reappears. 450 00:20:47,655 --> 00:20:49,655 And That's Why The Myth Can Be There. 451 00:20:49,655 --> 00:20:50,896 That's Amazing Stuff. 452 00:20:50,896 --> 00:20:53,448 So, No Sign Of King Arthur Down Here Yet. 453 00:20:53,448 --> 00:20:55,172 -We Had A Good Look, Though. -But We Had A Good Look. 454 00:20:55,172 --> 00:20:56,620 We've Done A Lot Today, 455 00:20:56,620 --> 00:20:59,241 And I Think We Can't Go Any Further Than We've Been Today. 456 00:20:59,241 --> 00:21:01,000 We've Got A Long Journey Back Now. 457 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,068 -Here We Go. -This Way. 458 00:21:03,068 --> 00:21:05,103 Gates: After Seven Hours Underground, 459 00:21:05,103 --> 00:21:07,931 I've Come Face To Face With A Seldom-Seem World, 460 00:21:07,931 --> 00:21:10,137 But There's Been No Sign Of Arthur. 461 00:21:10,137 --> 00:21:13,551 However, With Hundreds Of Miles Of Unexplored Caves In Wales, 462 00:21:13,551 --> 00:21:16,586 I Leave Knowing There's Much More To Discover Here. 463 00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,517 Fortunately, This Isn't My Last Stop 464 00:21:21,517 --> 00:21:23,931 On The Hunt For King Arthur. 465 00:21:23,931 --> 00:21:25,379 ♪ ♪ 466 00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:28,344 I Cross Back Into England, Where The Countryside Is Vast, 467 00:21:28,344 --> 00:21:30,413 Yet The Roads Are Never Straight. 468 00:21:33,241 --> 00:21:34,827 If You Ever Want To Know What It's Like To Drive In England, 469 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:36,103 Just Pull Your Car Into The Street 470 00:21:36,103 --> 00:21:37,724 And Then Drive It In Circles. 471 00:21:37,724 --> 00:21:39,827 They Love Roundabouts Here. 472 00:21:39,827 --> 00:21:42,206 They'll Put A Roundabout In A Roundabout. 473 00:21:42,206 --> 00:21:45,655 They're Just -- That's Just [Bleep] With You. 474 00:21:45,655 --> 00:21:48,206 They Love It. They Love To Have You Drive In Circles. 475 00:21:50,586 --> 00:21:52,344 Oh, Look. Another Roundabout. 476 00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:55,724 Dizzy But Determined, 477 00:21:55,724 --> 00:21:58,206 I Spin Off The Roundabouts Into The City Of Leicester 478 00:21:58,206 --> 00:22:02,000 To Get A Glimpse Of Another Inspiring Archaeological Find. 479 00:22:05,448 --> 00:22:07,241 Just Recently, Another Of England's 480 00:22:07,241 --> 00:22:10,034 Most Illustrious Kings Was Laid To Rest. 481 00:22:10,034 --> 00:22:14,551 This Is Richard Iii's New Crypt In Leicester Cathedral. 482 00:22:14,551 --> 00:22:17,862 After Being Missing For 400 Years, 483 00:22:17,862 --> 00:22:20,758 The Body Of This Real-Life Shakespearean Villain Was 484 00:22:20,758 --> 00:22:24,172 Discovered Under A Parking Lot About 50 Yards From Here -- 485 00:22:24,172 --> 00:22:26,758 Richard Iii, A Legendary English King 486 00:22:26,758 --> 00:22:28,517 Who Doubled As A Literary Figure 487 00:22:28,517 --> 00:22:31,689 And Was Thought To Be Lost Forever. 488 00:22:31,689 --> 00:22:33,896 Sound Familiar? 489 00:22:33,896 --> 00:22:36,413 If Richard Could Be Found After Hundreds Of Years, 490 00:22:36,413 --> 00:22:38,034 Then Why Not King Arthur? 491 00:22:38,034 --> 00:22:39,379 And, As It Turns Out, 492 00:22:39,379 --> 00:22:41,620 There's A Hot, New Lead In The Case. 493 00:22:41,620 --> 00:22:43,758 Ardrey: The First Thing Almost Anyone Thinks About 494 00:22:43,758 --> 00:22:45,827 When They Think About King Arthur Is 495 00:22:45,827 --> 00:22:47,482 The Story Of The Sword In The Stone. 496 00:22:47,482 --> 00:22:51,000 This Is Where The Actual Event Happened. 497 00:23:00,137 --> 00:23:02,689 Gates: My Hunt For A Flesh-And-Blood King Arthur 498 00:23:02,689 --> 00:23:04,689 Has Taken Me Through English Ruins 499 00:23:04,689 --> 00:23:06,965 And Deep Beneath The Surface Of Wales. 500 00:23:06,965 --> 00:23:08,689 But There's A Third Place Where Evidence 501 00:23:08,689 --> 00:23:13,172 Of The World's Most Celebrated King Might Be Hiding. 502 00:23:13,172 --> 00:23:16,137 I Hop A Train North To Explore A Radical New Theory 503 00:23:16,137 --> 00:23:20,448 In The Most Unlikely Of Places. 504 00:23:20,448 --> 00:23:23,620 My Train Rumbles Across The Great Plains Of England. 505 00:23:23,620 --> 00:23:26,206 Along The Way, We Pass Hadrian's Wall, 506 00:23:26,206 --> 00:23:29,241 The Former Northern Frontier Of The Roman Empire. 507 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,586 Beyond This Point Is A Land That Was Once Thought 508 00:23:31,586 --> 00:23:34,448 To Be Too Wild To Be Tamed By Civilization... 509 00:23:34,448 --> 00:23:36,137 ♪ ♪ 510 00:23:36,137 --> 00:23:39,517 Scotland, The Most Fiercely Independent Region 511 00:23:39,517 --> 00:23:40,620 Of Great Britain, 512 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:43,551 A Rugged Landscape For A Rugged People. 513 00:23:43,551 --> 00:23:45,551 Having Made The Long Trip Across England, 514 00:23:45,551 --> 00:23:46,827 I Cross The Border 515 00:23:46,827 --> 00:23:49,206 And Pull Into The Scottish Capital Of Edinburgh. 516 00:23:49,206 --> 00:23:52,137 I'm Here To Explore New Findings That May Completely Change 517 00:23:52,137 --> 00:23:53,724 How We Think Of King Arthur. 518 00:23:53,724 --> 00:23:55,758 And Lucky For Me, I Get To Do It 519 00:23:55,758 --> 00:23:58,068 In One Of My Absolute Favorite Places. 520 00:23:58,068 --> 00:24:01,655 [ Bagpipes Play ] 521 00:24:01,655 --> 00:24:05,517 I Am Unabashedly Head-Over-Heels In Love With Edinburgh. 522 00:24:05,517 --> 00:24:06,965 Why Wouldn't You Be? 523 00:24:06,965 --> 00:24:08,689 From Its Maze Of Cobblestone Streets 524 00:24:08,689 --> 00:24:12,620 To Its Soaring Castle, This City Has A Mythic Quality. 525 00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:14,551 This Is The Place That Gave Birth To The Authors 526 00:24:14,551 --> 00:24:17,344 Of "Harry Potter" And "Peter Pan." 527 00:24:17,344 --> 00:24:18,827 So Perhaps It Is No Surprise 528 00:24:18,827 --> 00:24:20,000 That The Legendary King Arthur Is 529 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,862 Also Alive And Well In Scotland. 530 00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:27,241 This City Is The Perfect Combination Of Smart And Boozy. 531 00:24:27,241 --> 00:24:28,551 Based On The Real Estate, 532 00:24:28,551 --> 00:24:30,655 I'd Swear That Every Citizen Is Required By Law 533 00:24:30,655 --> 00:24:32,620 To Run Their Own Pub. 534 00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:34,758 And Where There's Pubs, There's Grub. 535 00:24:34,758 --> 00:24:36,310 -How Are You? -How Are You? 536 00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:37,655 I'm From Out Of Town. You Might Have Guessed. 537 00:24:37,655 --> 00:24:39,344 You'd Probably Be Looking For A Haggis. 538 00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:41,103 Haggis Me. Let's Do It. 539 00:24:43,862 --> 00:24:45,482 And Walk Me Through The Ingredients Here Again. 540 00:24:45,482 --> 00:24:47,275 -The Ingredients? -We Are Looking At -- 541 00:24:47,275 --> 00:24:50,275 9 Times Out Of 10, Haggis Will Be Made Through Sheepskin. 542 00:24:50,275 --> 00:24:52,482 So, It's Sheep's Guts. It's Blood. 543 00:24:53,310 --> 00:24:56,448 There's Wheat And Oats All Sort Of Mixed In It. 544 00:24:56,448 --> 00:24:58,862 -You Are Selling It Now. -I'm Selling It, Yes. 545 00:24:58,862 --> 00:25:00,172 And Do I Hit It With The Gravy? 546 00:25:00,172 --> 00:25:03,137 That's Our Whiskey Sauce. 547 00:25:03,137 --> 00:25:04,793 Here We Go. 548 00:25:07,068 --> 00:25:08,482 It's Actually Really Good. 549 00:25:08,482 --> 00:25:10,103 -Yeah. -It's Great. 550 00:25:10,103 --> 00:25:11,517 This Is Now My Home. 551 00:25:11,517 --> 00:25:13,310 I'm Gonna Have My Mail Delivered Here. 552 00:25:13,310 --> 00:25:15,724 And I'm Never Leaving This Bar. 553 00:25:17,793 --> 00:25:22,000 I Love This Country. 554 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,172 [ Coughs ] 555 00:25:23,172 --> 00:25:25,172 [ Grunting ] Smooth. 556 00:25:25,172 --> 00:25:27,103 That's Smooth. 557 00:25:27,103 --> 00:25:29,000 Now That I've Had My Fill Of Sheep Lung, 558 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 I'm Starting To Feel Like A Local. 559 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,310 But There's One Thing Left To Do 560 00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:35,413 If I Truly Want To Understand The Scottish Experience, 561 00:25:35,413 --> 00:25:38,103 And I've Got Just Enough Whiskey In Me To Try It. 562 00:25:40,827 --> 00:25:41,965 -Looks Good. -What Do You Think? 563 00:25:41,965 --> 00:25:43,344 Yeah, It Looks Fantastic. 564 00:25:43,344 --> 00:25:44,413 And What Am I Supposed 565 00:25:44,413 --> 00:25:46,275 To Be Wearing Under The Kilt? -Nothing. 566 00:25:46,275 --> 00:25:47,620 Oh, Well, Then I'm Doing It Right. 567 00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:49,172 Gates: Time To Take This Thing For Example Test-Drive 568 00:25:49,172 --> 00:25:50,413 And See How She Handles. 569 00:25:50,413 --> 00:25:52,379 That's A Dangerous Angle. 570 00:26:04,586 --> 00:26:06,413 This Is Very Weird. 571 00:26:08,137 --> 00:26:10,413 I Got To Tell You -- Below The Waist, Right Now, 572 00:26:10,413 --> 00:26:12,517 I Feel Liberated. 573 00:26:12,517 --> 00:26:16,689 Things Are Breathing And Moving. This Is Incredible. 574 00:26:16,689 --> 00:26:18,620 I Am Never Wearing Underwear Again. 575 00:26:27,241 --> 00:26:30,620 Okay, Time To Put My Skirt Away And Get Back To Work. 576 00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:33,344 Scotland And King Arthur Don't Seem Like They Go Together, 577 00:26:33,344 --> 00:26:35,620 But This Legend Is Everywhere Here. 578 00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:38,000 Above Edinburgh, There's Even A Craggy Rock 579 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,931 Known As Arthur's Seat, A Commanding Vantage Point 580 00:26:40,931 --> 00:26:43,413 That Looks Down Over The Sprawling Capital. 581 00:26:43,413 --> 00:26:45,655 But The Newest Developments In The Search For Arthur 582 00:26:45,655 --> 00:26:47,517 Are Unfolding To The West. 583 00:26:47,517 --> 00:26:49,586 New Country, New Car -- 584 00:26:49,586 --> 00:26:55,413 I'm Driving West, Bound For One Of Scotland's Mightiest Castles. 585 00:26:55,413 --> 00:27:00,241 So This Is Stirling Castle, A Pretty Dramatic Spot. 586 00:27:00,241 --> 00:27:01,931 You've Got This Fortress That's Perched 587 00:27:01,931 --> 00:27:04,379 Hundreds Of Feet Up Off The Ground Here In Scotland. 588 00:27:04,379 --> 00:27:07,241 And It Might Seem Like A Strange Place To Look For King Arthur, 589 00:27:07,241 --> 00:27:09,034 But A Recent Discovery Here 590 00:27:09,034 --> 00:27:11,965 Might Actually Prove His Existence. 591 00:27:11,965 --> 00:27:15,241 This Valley Has A Long History That's Soaked With Blood. 592 00:27:15,241 --> 00:27:17,586 Nearby, "Braveheart" William Wallace Made 593 00:27:17,586 --> 00:27:19,551 His Heroic Stand For Independence, 594 00:27:19,551 --> 00:27:22,034 And Stirling Was Once The Most Powerful Fortress 595 00:27:22,034 --> 00:27:23,172 In The Country. 596 00:27:23,172 --> 00:27:25,172 It Was Said That Whoever Controlled Stirling 597 00:27:25,172 --> 00:27:26,965 Controlled Scotland. 598 00:27:26,965 --> 00:27:28,517 As The Steward Of This Castle, 599 00:27:28,517 --> 00:27:31,931 Brian Gibson Has A Unique Grasp Of The History Here. 600 00:27:31,931 --> 00:27:35,206 Gates: The Structure That's Here Right Now Is From What Year? 601 00:27:35,206 --> 00:27:38,344 Well, Most Of The Buildings Are 15Th, 16Th Century. 602 00:27:38,344 --> 00:27:40,724 But There's Been A Castle Here On The Rock For Sure 603 00:27:40,724 --> 00:27:42,068 For Thousands Of Years. 604 00:27:42,068 --> 00:27:44,034 To Me, It Seems Amazing To Be Up Here In Scotland 605 00:27:44,034 --> 00:27:45,206 And Be Talking About King Arthur, 606 00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:47,137 But There Is Some Connection To King Arthur 607 00:27:47,137 --> 00:27:48,103 At This Castle, Right? 608 00:27:48,103 --> 00:27:50,068 Yes, Directly Below Us Here, 609 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:52,482 We Have A King's Knot, As It's Known. 610 00:27:52,482 --> 00:27:54,068 It Almost Looks Like A Structure Beneath It. 611 00:27:54,068 --> 00:27:56,275 -Yes, Sir. -And So What Exactly Is It? 612 00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:58,172 I Mean, What Makes Up That Structure? 613 00:27:58,172 --> 00:28:00,103 Well, It Was Laid Out As This Very Ornate Garden 614 00:28:00,103 --> 00:28:03,517 But Around Something That Was Already Existing On The Site. 615 00:28:03,517 --> 00:28:06,758 The Centerpiece Of The King's Knot Is Regarded 616 00:28:06,758 --> 00:28:10,896 In Legend As Being The Table Round, 617 00:28:10,896 --> 00:28:13,655 The Round Table Of King Arthur And His Knights. 618 00:28:13,655 --> 00:28:16,068 Gates: Something Here Is Clearly Round. 619 00:28:16,068 --> 00:28:18,724 But Whether It's A Table Or Not, We Don't Know. 620 00:28:18,724 --> 00:28:21,068 Scientists Stephen Digney And Richard Jones 621 00:28:21,068 --> 00:28:24,000 Have Been Trying To Get A Look Under The Grass Here For Years. 622 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,137 And Colin Tickle And His Partner Jill 623 00:28:26,137 --> 00:28:28,793 Have Brought Along The Key To Making That Happen. 624 00:28:28,793 --> 00:28:30,586 Gates: So You're Mowing The Lawn? 625 00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:32,103 Yeah, And Expensively. 626 00:28:32,103 --> 00:28:33,862 [ Laughter ] -What Is This Thing? 627 00:28:33,862 --> 00:28:36,344 It's A Ground-Penetrating Radar. 628 00:28:36,344 --> 00:28:38,724 Gates: Ground-Penetrating Radar Is A Cutting-Edge Way 629 00:28:38,724 --> 00:28:39,931 Of Peering Beneath The Earth 630 00:28:39,931 --> 00:28:41,793 Without Ever Picking Up A Shovel. 631 00:28:41,793 --> 00:28:44,206 Using Radar Pulses, The Machine Detects 632 00:28:44,206 --> 00:28:46,827 If The Soil Below Has Been Disturbed At Any Point 633 00:28:46,827 --> 00:28:48,931 In The Last 10,000 Years, 634 00:28:48,931 --> 00:28:52,379 Which In Turn Can Lead To Hidden Archaeological Relics. 635 00:28:52,379 --> 00:28:54,724 Can We See The Device In Action? 636 00:28:54,724 --> 00:28:56,137 You Can Push It. By All Means. 637 00:28:56,137 --> 00:28:57,758 -Oh, Really? -Absolutely. 638 00:28:57,758 --> 00:28:59,137 You've Made A Terrible Mistake, Sir. 639 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:00,724 I Promise You I'll Break This. 640 00:29:00,724 --> 00:29:03,275 I've Been Pushing It All Day, So It's Your Turn. 641 00:29:03,275 --> 00:29:06,137 [ Radar Beeping Steadily ] 642 00:29:06,137 --> 00:29:09,172 -About This Speed? -Yep, That's Good. 643 00:29:09,172 --> 00:29:11,241 Digney: Yeah. Nice And Straight. 644 00:29:11,241 --> 00:29:16,103 [ Steady Beeping Continues ] 645 00:29:16,103 --> 00:29:19,896 It Really Is Giving Us A Sort Of Cross-Section View? 646 00:29:19,896 --> 00:29:21,103 Correct, Yes. 647 00:29:21,103 --> 00:29:23,448 So, The Transmitted Signals Are Going Down 648 00:29:23,448 --> 00:29:25,034 Into The Ground Below Us. 649 00:29:25,034 --> 00:29:28,793 [ Steady Beeping Continues ] 650 00:29:28,793 --> 00:29:30,551 With Each Pass Over The King's Knot, 651 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:34,137 The Radar Begins To Paint A Subterranean Picture. 652 00:29:34,137 --> 00:29:35,862 But What Will It Show? [ Radar Beeping Rapidly ] 653 00:29:35,862 --> 00:29:37,068 Oh, What Is That Right There? 654 00:29:37,068 --> 00:29:38,586 -Oh, My God. Look At This. -Look At That! 655 00:29:38,586 --> 00:29:40,137 That's Very Good. Very Good. 656 00:29:40,137 --> 00:29:41,310 That's Amazing. 657 00:29:48,862 --> 00:29:52,172 Gates: My Quest To Uncover The Historical King Arthur 658 00:29:52,172 --> 00:29:55,000 Has Taken A Surprising Turn North To Scotland 659 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,379 And The Royal Gardens Of Stirling Castle. 660 00:29:57,379 --> 00:29:59,068 Here, A Team Of Scientists 661 00:29:59,068 --> 00:30:01,344 Is Hoping To Use Ground-Penetrating Radar 662 00:30:01,344 --> 00:30:03,689 To Uncover King Arthur's Round Table. 663 00:30:03,689 --> 00:30:05,137 [ Radar Beeping Steadily ] 664 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:07,482 [ Radar Beeping Rapidly ]Oh, What Is That Right There? 665 00:30:07,482 --> 00:30:10,310 -Oh, My God. Look At This. -Look At That! 666 00:30:10,310 --> 00:30:12,482 That's Amazing. 667 00:30:12,482 --> 00:30:14,689 That's Very Cool. -That's Really Good. 668 00:30:14,689 --> 00:30:17,103 Digney: It's Very, Very Clear, Very Strong. 669 00:30:17,103 --> 00:30:19,689 This Machine Is Sort Of A Tease, Though, Right? 670 00:30:19,689 --> 00:30:21,379 Because You Find These Amazing Things On It, 671 00:30:21,379 --> 00:30:23,896 And Now You Want To Know -- So, How Deep Down Is That? 672 00:30:23,896 --> 00:30:26,137 That's About 1.2 Meters. 673 00:30:26,137 --> 00:30:27,517 Four Feet Down. 674 00:30:27,517 --> 00:30:29,586 But It Is Possible That It Is An Object Of Some Kind. 675 00:30:29,586 --> 00:30:32,000 Yes -- No, It Is An Object Of Some Description. 676 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,206 It's An Object Or A Ground Disturbance. 677 00:30:34,206 --> 00:30:38,137 So, There's Been Something Laid There At Some Position. 678 00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:41,241 The Gpr Display Tells Us There's A Clear Ground Disturbance 679 00:30:41,241 --> 00:30:42,896 Right Below Our Feet. 680 00:30:42,896 --> 00:30:46,000 But This Site Is Protected By Scottish Heritage. 681 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,862 Could It Be Evidence Of Arthur? 682 00:30:47,862 --> 00:30:49,206 The Current Thinking 683 00:30:49,206 --> 00:30:51,379 Is That The Grounds Were Used For Jousting Tournaments 684 00:30:51,379 --> 00:30:54,344 Designed To Honor King Arthur In Medieval Times. 685 00:30:54,344 --> 00:30:56,241 But Why Were They Built Here? 686 00:30:56,241 --> 00:30:59,655 Was This A Place Where A Real Arthur Once Sat? 687 00:30:59,655 --> 00:31:01,379 It'll Take Time To Get Answers, 688 00:31:01,379 --> 00:31:04,068 But Something Is Here. 689 00:31:04,068 --> 00:31:08,344 Well, It's Just So Amazing To Know That There Is History 690 00:31:08,344 --> 00:31:11,137 And There's Archaeology Four Feet Underneath Us. 691 00:31:11,137 --> 00:31:13,655 That's Right.I Mean, It's Exciting Stuff. 692 00:31:13,655 --> 00:31:15,413 Thank You, Guys, So Much For Your Help. 693 00:31:15,413 --> 00:31:17,034 I Really Appreciate It. Thank You, Guys, So Much. 694 00:31:17,034 --> 00:31:18,551 -Good Luck On Your Travels. -Great To Meet You. 695 00:31:18,551 --> 00:31:19,482 Cheers. Thanks. 696 00:31:23,655 --> 00:31:26,275 With The Gpr Image From Stirling Fresh In My Mind, 697 00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:28,482 The Once-Laughable Idea That King Arthur 698 00:31:28,482 --> 00:31:32,034 Could Have Been Scottish Is Suddenly Very Tangible. 699 00:31:32,034 --> 00:31:35,206 It's Up Here In One Of The More Remote Areas Of Scotland 700 00:31:35,206 --> 00:31:37,896 At The Ruins Of A Premedieval Fort Called Dunadd 701 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:39,344 That I'm Meeting Adam Ardrey. 702 00:31:39,344 --> 00:31:40,724 -Good To See You. -Yeah. 703 00:31:40,724 --> 00:31:42,310 All Right. I'm Ready. Lead On. 704 00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:43,724 Ardrey: Let's Go. 705 00:31:43,724 --> 00:31:45,344 Gates: Adam Is A Scottish Lawyer, 706 00:31:45,344 --> 00:31:47,689 Judge, And Author Devoted To Studying 707 00:31:47,689 --> 00:31:49,137 The King Arthur Legend. 708 00:31:49,137 --> 00:31:50,931 He Has A New Theory That Is Turning 709 00:31:50,931 --> 00:31:54,034 The Prevailing Scholarship About The King On Its Ear. 710 00:31:54,034 --> 00:31:55,758 Gates: Oh, My Lord. 711 00:31:55,758 --> 00:31:57,586 Ardrey: No Matter How Many Times I Come Up Here, 712 00:31:57,586 --> 00:32:00,827 I Never Cease To Be Amazed At Just How Beautiful The View 713 00:32:00,827 --> 00:32:03,448 From Almost The Top Of Dunadd Is. 714 00:32:03,448 --> 00:32:05,000 Orient Me A Little Bit. 715 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,137 What Are We Standing On Here? 716 00:32:06,137 --> 00:32:07,965 You're Standing On The Hill Fort Of Dunadd. 717 00:32:07,965 --> 00:32:12,379 It's Been The Capital Of The Scots' Kingdom 718 00:32:12,379 --> 00:32:14,000 For 1,500 Years. 719 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,310 So How Do We Link This Site To The Legend Of King Arthur? 720 00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:18,965 The One Thing That This Area Has 721 00:32:18,965 --> 00:32:21,344 That No Other Place Has Is An Arthur. 722 00:32:21,344 --> 00:32:24,206 There Was A Scot Man, An Historical Character, 723 00:32:24,206 --> 00:32:26,275 Called Arthur Mac Aedan. 724 00:32:26,275 --> 00:32:28,517 And So You Think That He Is The Basis 725 00:32:28,517 --> 00:32:31,172 For What We've Come To Know As The Legend Of King Arthur? 726 00:32:31,172 --> 00:32:33,413 Yes, I Think He's The Historical Foundation 727 00:32:33,413 --> 00:32:35,620 Upon Which The Legend Was Built. 728 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,620 So We're Talking About The 6Th Century? 729 00:32:37,620 --> 00:32:39,517 -Late 6Th Century, Yes. -Late 6Th Century. 730 00:32:39,517 --> 00:32:41,862 And This Fortress That's Here, 731 00:32:41,862 --> 00:32:43,482 Was This A Christian Fortress? 732 00:32:43,482 --> 00:32:45,551 No, This Was Most Certainly Not A Christian Fortress. 733 00:32:45,551 --> 00:32:47,000 This Would Be What You Would Call, 734 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,000 Well, Pre-Christian, Or I Would Call It 735 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,482 The Old Way Of The Druids. 736 00:32:50,482 --> 00:32:52,586 Are You Saying That Arthur Was Celtic? 737 00:32:52,586 --> 00:32:54,482 Oh, Yes, Arthur Was Most Certainly Celtic. 738 00:32:54,482 --> 00:32:57,137 -And Not Christian? -He Was Not A Christian Man. 739 00:32:57,137 --> 00:33:00,206 He Was A Follower Of The Old Way Of The Druids. 740 00:33:00,206 --> 00:33:02,620 Gates: To Me, This Is Mind-Melting. 741 00:33:02,620 --> 00:33:05,655 This King, Virtually Synonymous With The Holy Grail 742 00:33:05,655 --> 00:33:08,586 And The Crusades, Was A Pagan Warrior. 743 00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:11,379 Since Christianity Wasn't Widespread In Arthur's Time, 744 00:33:11,379 --> 00:33:13,482 It Actually Makes A Lot Of Sense. 745 00:33:13,482 --> 00:33:15,758 And He Did Have A Very Un-Christian Wizard 746 00:33:15,758 --> 00:33:17,172 As An Adviser. 747 00:33:17,172 --> 00:33:20,137 But Adam Has Even More Of Arthur's Myth To Deconstruct. 748 00:33:20,137 --> 00:33:22,206 The First Thing Almost Anyone Thinks About 749 00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:24,517 When They Think About King Arthur Is 750 00:33:24,517 --> 00:33:26,517 The Story Of The Sword In The Stone. 751 00:33:28,724 --> 00:33:31,862 In Arthurian Legend, The Magical Sword Placed In The Stone 752 00:33:31,862 --> 00:33:35,344 Could Not Be Removed By Any Man Save The True King, 753 00:33:35,344 --> 00:33:37,586 Until A Teenaged Arthur Drew The Sword 754 00:33:37,586 --> 00:33:39,482 And Claimed His Destiny. 755 00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:48,931 This Is Where The Actual Event Happened. 756 00:33:48,931 --> 00:33:51,862 No Magic Sword, No Magic Stone, 757 00:33:51,862 --> 00:33:55,448 No Legend, No Myth, Just The History. 758 00:33:55,448 --> 00:33:57,206 Lead On. 759 00:33:59,482 --> 00:34:03,034 This Is The Inauguration Stone. 760 00:34:03,034 --> 00:34:07,000 And What Happened Here Was A Man Would Put His Foot 761 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,275 Into The Footprint. 762 00:34:08,275 --> 00:34:10,275 He Would Be Given A Sword To Hold. 763 00:34:10,275 --> 00:34:12,344 And When He Stepped Out Of The Footprint 764 00:34:12,344 --> 00:34:15,275 Holding The Sword, He Literally Took 765 00:34:15,275 --> 00:34:17,103 A Sword From A Stone. 766 00:34:17,103 --> 00:34:19,206 I Brought A Sword Up, And You Might Want 767 00:34:19,206 --> 00:34:20,551 To Just Do That For Yourself. 768 00:34:20,551 --> 00:34:22,379 -So Put My Foot In It? -Put Your Foot In It. 769 00:34:22,379 --> 00:34:24,068 Okay. And Your Brought A Sword Here? 770 00:34:24,068 --> 00:34:25,758 -Yes, I've Got One. -I Like That You're Traveling 771 00:34:25,758 --> 00:34:26,896 With A Sword. 772 00:34:26,896 --> 00:34:28,758 I Rarely Go Anywhere Without One, Josh. 773 00:34:28,758 --> 00:34:30,586 -That's Scottish People For You. -[ Laughs ] 774 00:34:30,586 --> 00:34:32,620 Okay, Here We Go. Ready? 775 00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:34,275 So I Just Put My Right Foot Into The Footprint. 776 00:34:34,275 --> 00:34:36,034 You Put Your Right Foot Into The Footprint. 777 00:34:36,034 --> 00:34:37,689 You Take The Sword. 778 00:34:37,689 --> 00:34:40,448 Okay. 779 00:34:40,448 --> 00:34:43,206 This Is What Arthur Would Have Done. 780 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:45,103 And The Very Fact That You're Able To Put Your Foot 781 00:34:45,103 --> 00:34:49,206 Into This Footprint Means That You Have De Facto Control 782 00:34:49,206 --> 00:34:50,758 Of This Area. 783 00:34:53,689 --> 00:34:56,103 So, Wait, Are You Saying That I Now Control All Of This? 784 00:34:56,103 --> 00:34:58,379 No, Josh, I'm Afraid Not. It Doesn't Quite Work Like That. 785 00:34:58,379 --> 00:34:59,655 That's How I Heard It. 786 00:34:59,655 --> 00:35:01,551 You Told Me That I Was The King Of This Area Now. 787 00:35:01,551 --> 00:35:03,172 Remember, What I Was Saying To You Was That You're Carrying 788 00:35:03,172 --> 00:35:05,137 A Small Part Of The Ceremony. 789 00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:07,206 Listen -- Who's The One Holding The Sword Here, Adam? 790 00:35:07,206 --> 00:35:09,862 Josh, You're The Real King Of This Area. 791 00:35:09,862 --> 00:35:12,931 Good, There We Go. I Like That. You Changed Your Tune Very Quickly. 792 00:35:21,931 --> 00:35:24,103 Ardrey: You've Just Taken A Sword From A Stone. 793 00:35:26,103 --> 00:35:27,413 -I Can Feel This. -Yeah? 794 00:35:27,413 --> 00:35:28,758 I Could Get Used To This. 795 00:35:28,758 --> 00:35:31,586 This Is One Fortress. This Is The Ceremonial Capital. 796 00:35:31,586 --> 00:35:33,655 There Was Another Fortress Not Very Far From Here, 797 00:35:33,655 --> 00:35:37,482 And I Believe There Is Evidence For That Just Over There. 798 00:35:39,689 --> 00:35:40,862 At The Peak Over There? 799 00:35:40,862 --> 00:35:43,000 About A Mile And A Half That Direction, Yes. 800 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,448 And You Think That Arthur's Fortress Was There? 801 00:35:45,448 --> 00:35:46,551 Yes, I Do. 802 00:35:46,551 --> 00:35:48,206 All Right, Well, Let's Go Check It Out. 803 00:35:48,206 --> 00:35:50,034 It Does Look Like It's Quite A Ways Away. 804 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,344 So, How Are We Getting Over There? 805 00:35:53,344 --> 00:35:55,034 Same Way Arthur Did. 806 00:35:57,413 --> 00:35:58,931 [ Horse Neighs ] 807 00:36:00,793 --> 00:36:02,724 Gates: Now That I've Been Unofficially Crowned 808 00:36:02,724 --> 00:36:04,758 The King Of The Britons, We Ride Toward 809 00:36:04,758 --> 00:36:06,827 What Adam Hopes Was Once The Headquarters 810 00:36:06,827 --> 00:36:09,275 Of King Arthur Himself. 811 00:36:09,275 --> 00:36:11,413 Our Journey Across The Scottish Highlands 812 00:36:11,413 --> 00:36:15,103 Allows Adam To Acquaint Me With Other Arthurian Landmarks, 813 00:36:15,103 --> 00:36:18,965 For Example, The Royal Court Of Camelot. 814 00:36:18,965 --> 00:36:21,103 Adam, This Is The River Add? -Yes. 815 00:36:21,103 --> 00:36:23,655 Gates: And So How Does That Fit Into Camelot? 816 00:36:23,655 --> 00:36:25,758 Ardrey: "Cam" Means "Twisted" In Gaelic. 817 00:36:25,758 --> 00:36:27,448 "Loth" Means "A Marsh." 818 00:36:27,448 --> 00:36:28,862 So Camelot Is A Marsh? 819 00:36:28,862 --> 00:36:32,413 Camelot Was A Description Of Where Arthur Lived. 820 00:36:32,413 --> 00:36:34,413 It Funny -- When We Think Of Camelot, 821 00:36:34,413 --> 00:36:35,965 We Think Of -- -You Think Of Turrets. 822 00:36:35,965 --> 00:36:37,310 You Think Of Castles. -Absolutely. 823 00:36:37,310 --> 00:36:39,586 You Think Of Women With Pointy Hats And Chiffon 824 00:36:39,586 --> 00:36:41,241 And Men In Plate Armor. -[ Laughs ] Yes. 825 00:36:41,241 --> 00:36:44,827 All Anachronisms, All Things Made Up Later, Josh, 826 00:36:44,827 --> 00:36:46,620 Simply For Commercial Reasons... 827 00:36:46,620 --> 00:36:48,034 -Wow. -...By People Who Were Living 828 00:36:48,034 --> 00:36:50,137 700 Years After Arthur Existed. 829 00:36:50,137 --> 00:36:51,206 Amazing. 830 00:36:52,689 --> 00:36:54,241 Gates: What Has Adam All Worked Up Is 831 00:36:54,241 --> 00:36:58,551 An Old Royal Air Force Survey Of This Area From The 1940S. 832 00:36:58,551 --> 00:37:00,758 While Reviewing The Photos For His Research, 833 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:04,068 Adam Found A Small Fragment Of Stonework Peeking Out 834 00:37:04,068 --> 00:37:05,344 From The Foliage. 835 00:37:05,344 --> 00:37:07,586 To His Knowledge, No One Has Excavated 836 00:37:07,586 --> 00:37:09,965 Or Explained These Ruins, And He Thinks 837 00:37:09,965 --> 00:37:11,793 They Could Be Of Major Significance 838 00:37:11,793 --> 00:37:14,551 In The Search For The Historic King Arthur. 839 00:37:14,551 --> 00:37:17,034 Well, I Don't Think The Horses Are Going Up That. 840 00:37:19,344 --> 00:37:21,206 Okay. 841 00:37:21,206 --> 00:37:22,413 All Right. On Foot From Here. 842 00:37:22,413 --> 00:37:24,172 Here We Go. 843 00:37:32,724 --> 00:37:34,482 Looks Like It Opens Up Here. 844 00:37:34,482 --> 00:37:39,448 Yes, And I Think That's The Summit Up There. 845 00:37:39,448 --> 00:37:41,862 So, You've Got This Sort Of Stacked Stone Here. 846 00:37:41,862 --> 00:37:43,862 See This, Adam? 847 00:37:43,862 --> 00:37:46,482 Well, It's An Unusual Place To Have Field Stones -- 848 00:37:46,482 --> 00:37:47,827 High Up In A Hill. 849 00:37:47,827 --> 00:37:49,448 It Does Look Sort Of Stacked, Doesn't It? 850 00:37:49,448 --> 00:37:51,275 -Yes, Indeed. -Look At That. 851 00:37:51,275 --> 00:37:53,000 It's All Grown Over, But, You Know... 852 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,827 Gates: ...It Looks Like All Under Here -- 853 00:37:54,827 --> 00:37:56,241 It Might Be A Piece Of A Wall. 854 00:37:56,241 --> 00:37:57,413 Let's Follow It Up And See Where It Goes. 855 00:37:57,413 --> 00:37:59,379 -Let's See Where It Goes. -That Is So Cool. 856 00:37:59,379 --> 00:38:01,172 Look At That. 857 00:38:01,620 --> 00:38:03,379 See, The Shape Of It Is Still Right There. 858 00:38:03,379 --> 00:38:04,758 It Might Run Right Up Here Too. 859 00:38:04,758 --> 00:38:06,241 More Of It. -More Of It. 860 00:38:06,241 --> 00:38:09,482 More Of It. Every Piece Of Moss Underneath It -- 861 00:38:09,482 --> 00:38:13,172 It Seems To Be A Wide Feature Running Uphill... 862 00:38:13,172 --> 00:38:14,793 -This Whole Thing, Yeah. -...Towards The Summit. 863 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:17,103 Yes, For Some Reason. The Questions Is What Is It? 864 00:38:17,103 --> 00:38:19,724 Let's Walk On, See What Else We Can Find. 865 00:38:19,724 --> 00:38:22,379 -That's Exciting, Adam. -It's Always Exciting. 866 00:38:23,620 --> 00:38:25,379 Ardrey: Just Around Here. 867 00:38:27,758 --> 00:38:30,103 Gates: Oh, My God! Huge Stones! 868 00:38:41,379 --> 00:38:44,103 Gates: After A Day Of Climbing, Riding And Hiking, 869 00:38:44,103 --> 00:38:46,275 Researcher Adam Ardrey And I Have Found 870 00:38:46,275 --> 00:38:48,068 What Might Be The Ruins Of A Fort 871 00:38:48,068 --> 00:38:50,620 That Once Belonged To King Arthur Himself. 872 00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:54,517 It Seems To Be A Wide Feature Running Uphill... 873 00:38:54,517 --> 00:38:55,827 -This Whole Thing, Yeah. -...Towards The Summit. 874 00:38:55,827 --> 00:38:58,241 Yes, For Some Reason. The Question Is What Is It? 875 00:38:58,241 --> 00:39:01,275 Let's Walk On And See What Else We Can Find. 876 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,000 Gates: Oh, My God. Huge Stones! 877 00:39:13,620 --> 00:39:15,758 Look At That. 878 00:39:15,758 --> 00:39:19,482 Perfectly Flat. The Very Peak Here -- 879 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:20,827 These Look Totally Worked. 880 00:39:20,827 --> 00:39:23,965 They're Squared Off On The Edges, Totally Flat, 881 00:39:23,965 --> 00:39:27,241 What Might Be A Foundation Stone Or Something Up Here At The Top 882 00:39:27,241 --> 00:39:29,517 Looking Out Over The Whole Marsh. 883 00:39:29,517 --> 00:39:31,103 That Is So Cool. 884 00:39:31,103 --> 00:39:34,896 So Anything That Would've Been Really Built Up Here In That Era 885 00:39:34,896 --> 00:39:36,379 Would Probably Have Been Wooden, Right? 886 00:39:36,379 --> 00:39:38,655 Most Likely, On The Top, It Would've Been Wooden, 887 00:39:38,655 --> 00:39:40,137 Probably With A Stone Foundation, Yeah. 888 00:39:40,137 --> 00:39:41,758 That's Right, So What We May Be Seeing Here Is 889 00:39:41,758 --> 00:39:42,931 Just The Underside Of Something. 890 00:39:42,931 --> 00:39:44,379 It Certainly Looks Like Someone Made 891 00:39:44,379 --> 00:39:46,241 An Awful Lot Of Effort To Make Something 892 00:39:46,241 --> 00:39:49,241 Of Real Substance Up On The Top Of This Hill. 893 00:39:49,241 --> 00:39:51,482 You Know, It's Funny -- Everywhere That I've Looked, 894 00:39:51,482 --> 00:39:53,931 So Many People Have Said To Me, "Oh, It's Just A Legend." 895 00:39:53,931 --> 00:39:56,034 But What's Really Amazing To Me Is The More 896 00:39:56,034 --> 00:39:58,344 That We Investigate It, The More That There Seems 897 00:39:58,344 --> 00:39:59,517 To Be Real History Here. 898 00:39:59,517 --> 00:40:01,448 Well, I Think There Was Real History Here, Josh. 899 00:40:01,448 --> 00:40:03,724 I Think What Happened Was That Arthur Moved 900 00:40:03,724 --> 00:40:05,758 From History Into Legend. 901 00:40:05,758 --> 00:40:07,275 And If One Looks At The Evidence, 902 00:40:07,275 --> 00:40:10,517 You Can See That He Can Move From Legend Back Into History. 903 00:40:10,517 --> 00:40:12,586 Someone Once Said, "If You Know The Truth 904 00:40:12,586 --> 00:40:14,931 And You Know The Legend, Print The Legend." 905 00:40:14,931 --> 00:40:16,206 Why Do That? 906 00:40:16,206 --> 00:40:18,655 Especially When The History Is Even More Wonderful 907 00:40:18,655 --> 00:40:21,413 Than Perhaps The Most Wonderful Story Ever Told. 908 00:40:21,413 --> 00:40:23,172 Ah, It's Amazing. It Really Is. 909 00:40:23,172 --> 00:40:26,379 To Be Able To Come Up Here And See This Is Just So Incredible. 910 00:40:26,379 --> 00:40:27,931 Now, We Got To Get Home In The Dark, Though. 911 00:40:27,931 --> 00:40:29,413 Now, We Have To Get Home In The Dark, Yes. 912 00:40:29,413 --> 00:40:31,000 [ Laughs ] 913 00:40:32,344 --> 00:40:34,551 Gates: I've Searched Every Corner Of Great Britain, 914 00:40:34,551 --> 00:40:38,758 From Ruined Castles In England To The Deep Caves Of Wales, 915 00:40:38,758 --> 00:40:41,068 And The Vast Wilderness Of Scotland. 916 00:40:41,068 --> 00:40:44,034 And I Think I Finally Understand King Arthur. 917 00:40:44,034 --> 00:40:47,517 He Isn't Elusive As Much As Omnipresent. 918 00:40:47,517 --> 00:40:49,517 It Turns Out That Finding King Arthur Is 919 00:40:49,517 --> 00:40:50,896 Ridiculously Easy. 920 00:40:50,896 --> 00:40:52,310 He's Everywhere. 921 00:40:52,310 --> 00:40:54,793 Finding Theking Arthur -- 922 00:40:54,793 --> 00:40:56,206 Good Luck. 923 00:40:56,206 --> 00:40:59,551 It's Likely That The Story Is Based On A Real Man. 924 00:40:59,551 --> 00:41:02,965 But Time Has All But Swallowed His True Identity. 925 00:41:02,965 --> 00:41:05,448 There Is Evidence Hailing From Arthur's Time Period 926 00:41:05,448 --> 00:41:09,551 And Excavations That May Reveal More Clues In The Future. 927 00:41:09,551 --> 00:41:11,620 The Real Arthur May Have Even Hailed 928 00:41:11,620 --> 00:41:13,931 From What Is Now Scotland Or Wales, 929 00:41:13,931 --> 00:41:15,965 And He May Not Have Been A Christian King 930 00:41:15,965 --> 00:41:17,689 But A Druid Warrior. 931 00:41:17,689 --> 00:41:19,965 The Legend Of The Once-And-Future King 932 00:41:19,965 --> 00:41:23,241 Is So Potent Because It's So Pure. 933 00:41:23,241 --> 00:41:26,689 The Most Important Thing About Arthur Isn't Where He's From. 934 00:41:26,689 --> 00:41:28,413 It's What He Stands For -- 935 00:41:28,413 --> 00:41:33,206 Loyalty, Honesty, Mercy, And Valor, 936 00:41:33,206 --> 00:41:37,275 Values That Have Endured For Over 1,500 Years 937 00:41:37,275 --> 00:41:39,413 And To Which We All Aspire.