Lyonesse

  • Lyonesse is a Lost Kingdom which, according to the Cornish Legends of King Arthur and Tristan and Iseult, disappeared below the waves in one night.
  • It was a peninsular that ran from Land’s End in Cornwall to the Scilly Isles. The legend of a sunken kingdom also exists in Breton mythology as the lost city of Ys.

The Saxon Chronicle

  • According to the Saxon Chronicle, Lyonesse submerged in 1099 CE.

 

 

Lyonesse

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