Digging in the dark

‘The discovery of Prince Arthur’s tomb by the inscription on the leaden cross’ by John Mortimer, 1797 (British Museum)

Archaeology and the Pendragon Society

Note: This article first appeared in print in 2006, a short while before the Society disbanded in 2009.

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The Pendragon Society has rarely dabbled exclusively in armchair archaeology, and since its inception in 1959 its members have not been frightened to get their hands dirty.

However, in the half-century of its existence the Society’s experience of excavation has evolved with the changing nature of the discipline, with the result that it is unlikely that what it managed to achieve in the past will ever be repeated in the future.

So here, for what it is worth, is a very brief history of Pendragon archaeology to date.