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Many legends have been told about King Arthur. Some of them are romantic stories but most historians say that he did exist. He was probably a Celtic leader of the 6th century. The first historian to mention King Arthur was Geoffrey of Monmouth in his History of the Kings of Britain in 1130, but the best-known version of Arthur’s story is Morte d’Arthur written by Sir Thomas Malory and published in 1485. Camelot, Arthur’s castle, is thought to be Cadbury Castle in Somerset and his resting place, the Isle of Avalon, is probably Glastonbury Abbey. In pre-history, in fact, flooding turned Glastonbury into an island each winter.