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Article: Secrets of the stones.
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2000
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Byline: Bill McCarthy
THE Celts are an intriguing race, scattered across northern Europe, their history full of myths and legends, particularly surrounding King Arthur.
Cornwall has always claimed King Arthur, so too has Wales and even Germany, but it's little known that France, and in particular Brittany, also claim him for their own.
At 16 years of age, during a tournament to decide on a king for Brittany, torn by endless struggles, Arthur was the only person able to draw Excalibur from its stone scabbard and become king.
Well, that's ...