Lyonesse is the celtic version of atlantis, once it streached from lands end to the scilly isle's..according to legend that is.

The reason for its destruction is unclear. Merlin is mentioned in one account in another angry gods/goddess's get the Blame. In yet another that strange creature the giant of which cornwall has so many is accused of throwing huge rocks and innundating the land...

There are several things made clear in the oldest form of the legend. That lyonesse was a seat of power, a place where mighty warriors exchanged rings and pledged their swords to the king of cornwall. A golden age was had as would not be matched until arthurs time, then some thing happened what triggered the destruction as i said is open to debate.

One man survived the royal heir Tristan Trevellyn, warned by a mysterious woman in a dream he rose in the middle of the night and saddled his faithful horse. He rode out alone, his father refusing to belive his kingdom would fall...who after all could defeat the mighty Trevellyn?

Tristan rode hard until dawn, his white horse a herald as he shouted to the people to flee..few heeded him. At last as dawn broke he rode up the rough cliff path at lands end and turned to look down upon the land of his father's. For a moment the city stood far below him, he mocked his weakness. Then there was a crash and a roar such had never been heard in cornwall before and the city was cast down beneath the foaming waves, never to be seen again.

Tristan survived according to cornish legend he was arthurs ancestor, for he was the true heir to the celts. And legend says that on certain still evening's from the cliffs of lands end, you can hear the church bells of the drowned lands ringing as the waves wash through them.

So what then is the truth of this? that will be the subject of my next blogg