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AGM 2016

Knucklas Castle Community Land Project Posted on 10 October 2016 by Kevin17 October 2016

Give us a Hero

The speaker at the A.G.M thought we had our hero in King Arthur. Our enthusiast assured us that he was a 5th or 6th century Welshman, maybe a giant or at least very tall, and possibly he did throw a sword in a lake. (We hope he married Guinevere in Knucklas, but our speaker thought that she was a romantic invention.)
Our speaker, Evelyn Kirkham, had been looking at a range of legends; some with one Arthur, some two, some even three. Most us know the traditional tales from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, but our speaker brought several other books, and a whole section at Bangor University library is devoted to Arthur. Perhaps our persistent desire for a rescuing hero is the reason the stories have endured. The audience contributed a great deal to the discussion.
Following was a surprisingly positive A.G.M.: healthy accounts, people volunteering to help each other and to raise money for the project. Even the village veg stall has earned a whopping £800. Events have been Apple Day, Wassail, Easter egg hunt, and Allotments Open Day. The Project, thus far, has actually paid a quarter of the purchase price for Castle Hill, allotments, and community orchard.

Tagged apples, arthur, castle, Event, king

Apple Day 2016

Knucklas Castle Community Land Project Posted on 15 September 2016 by Kevin21 November 2016

Our annual Apple Day is to be SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER, 2-5 pm.

Come to the orchard and see what our wonderful trees are doing this year, and bring your own fruit for pressing, eat some lovely home made apple cakes, let the kids have some fun games ……Applympics!!

Some pots handmade in Knucklas for Knucklas Castle Community Land Project by our Kate Ritchie and Tony Hall will be for sale!

 

King Arthur Pottery

inspired by the legend that Arthur married Guinevere at Knucklas Castle, the images base on the 12th Century mosaic in Otranto Cathedral, Southern Italy.
THIS LOVELY PLATE (made by our Kate Ritchie and Tony Hall) WILL BE RAFFLED. Anyone buying 20 shares will get a ticket.
arthur-plate-medium

Also by Kate and Tony are these lovely items, available from Castle Hill Arts website:

Ceramic Portfolio

A King Arthur jug:

arthurjug1-copy arthurjug2-copy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also some King Arthur tiles:

tile

 

Cider Pottery

– with the words ‘everywhere about the sweet atmosphere of cider’  inscribed around the rim, based on a quote from Thomas Hardy and depicting a rather fanciful view of medieval cider drinking life around the castle.

A cider jug:

 

ciderjug1 ciderjug2

Cider mug:cider-cup-medium
Prices are:

Jugs (c.900 mL) £90; Mugs £30; Tiles £20

See you there!

Posted in Events, Growing & allotments, Information | Tagged apples, arthur, community growing, Event, orchard, trees

AGM 2016: 7th OCTOBER

Knucklas Castle Community Land Project Posted on 7 August 2016 by Kevin15 September 2016

Our AGM this year will be on 7th October, 7.30 pm, at The Castle Inn, Knucklas Our guest speaker is Evelyn Kirkham telling us about her study of the ‘Arthur Legend’ and most importantly, why we seem to culture it and maybe need it. All welcome, not only members! (NOTE: … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Information, Promotions & publications | Tagged admin, AGM, arthur, community, KCCLP, king

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King Arthur book

A wonderful new book has been written by one of our members for youngsters to enjoy the legend of King Arthur. Look on the Shop page to see details and purchase.

Castle hill

A new view of the castle using LiDR technology has become available, look here: LiDR survey
Many thanks to Mark Walters for this new view.

It raises some interesting questions about the way the castle has been used over the many years of its existence.

We are also on the Welsh governments catalogue of heritage buildings here Coflein

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