Certainly the lead cross did not date from the sixth century. A first-hand drawing made of it by a seventeenth-century historian shows a script of a much later date. In addition, the reference to Arthur as king indicates it was made long after his death at a time when his kingship had become part of the legend. It is impossible to be certain about the bones; they may have been those of an Iron Age man and woman, buried in a dugout canoe from the Glastonbury lake village after its destruction by the Belgae. The monks may have found them by chance while digging a grave, or they could have found
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