Folklore & legend

Vanora's Mound at Meigle

Also known as: Guinevere's Grave; Vanora's Grave

Meigle churchyard

Written by about 1527; older by tradition

On her recovery Arthur judged she had gone willingly, or had been defiled, and had her torn apart by wild beasts. The great cross-slab known as Meigle 2, dated by archaeologists to the 9th century, shows on its back the biblical scene of Daniel in the lions' den, which later eyes reinterpreted as her execution. Folklore Finder adds that by repute no grass would grow well on the mound and local women were warned not to walk on it lest they be left barren. The stones are now in the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. The Cateran Ecomuseum notes that the mound may be prehistoric and later reused for Pictish burial, so the Arthurian link is a later story.

Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
Open ground
Location
56.587, -3.164 (Sited to the building or field)

Sources: Folklore Finder, Guinevere's Grave at Meigle [other]; Cateran Ecomuseum, Vanora's Mound [other]; Wikipedia, Meigle 2 [other]

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