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Lyonesse (The Isles of Scilly)
Although the name and familiar trappings of Lyonesse are almost entirely legendary, or indeed mythical, the
islands, just west of Land's End in Cornubia (Cornwall)
do exist and were inhabited at this time. Also true is that the islands were less
submerged by water, and so would have presented enough land on which to warrant founding a small
kingdom (the water levels around the Isles of Scilly have risen sixteen and a half feet
(five metres) in the last 2,000 years).
Nevertheless, although at least some of the
kings of Lyonesse are known to have existed, portions of this list are slightly dubious
and unlikely ever to be confirmed fully. The kingdom was created upon the death of
Merchion ab Custennyn, King of Cornubia. |
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