
A
Discussion of Ogof Arthur's Arthurian Connections
By
David Nash Ford
O G O F
A R T H U R King
Arthur sleeping on Anglesey
Ogof
Arthur or "Arthur's Cave" is a name given to
several caverns across Wales. King
Arthur is said to lie sleeping with his knights
in one so named in Meirionydd. However, its exact
location is unknown and it may be that this is a
confused memory of Ogof Arthur in the cliffs below the
burial chamber of Barclodiad-y-Gawres near Rhosneigr
on Ynys Mon (Anglesey).
The usual
story associated with this cave is that King Arthur
sheltered here while engaged in a horrendous battle
with Irish pirates. He had with him much of the Royal
treasury and it was hidden in the cave where it still
lies today - a mile underground! But where is the
cave's entrance? It is said to be revealed at
exceptionally low tides.
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