Badon, Mt

Badon, Mt,
the scene of a battle connected with Arthur , first mentioned by Gildas without reference to Arthur . It was almost certainly a real battle, fought against the Saxons or Jutes by the Britons somewhere in the south of England. The Annales Cambriae give the date of the battle as 518, declaring that Arthur carried the cross of Christ as his standard there; but it is likely that this is merely an embellishment of Gildas. Geoffrey of Monmouth identifies Badon as Bath; other authorities say it was Badbury near Wimborne.