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It just adds a little more authenticity to what we already know.
This is an extract from the Chronicles of the Kings of Britain who observed this Comet as discribed in the writings.
At this time a star of amazing size appeared. It had one beam,
and on the head of the beam was a ball of fire resembling a dragon ;
and from the jaws of the dragon two beams ascended, the one towards
the extremity of France, and the other towards Ireland, subdividing
itself into seven small beams.
1 Uther and all around him, alarmed by such an appearance,
enquired of the learned men what it might portend. Merddyn
bursting into tear.-, exclaimed,
' Sons of Britain, ye have suffered
an irrecoverable loss, ye are widowed of Emrys the Great. But
still ye have a king. Haste thou therefore, Uther, and engage the
enemv for the whole island shall be thine. For it is * thou, Uther,. *
who art signified by this star with the head of a dragon. By the
beam pointing over France is denoted a son of thine, who shall be
great in wealth, and extensive in sway, and by that directed towards
Ireland, a daughter, whose sons and grandsons shall successively
govern the whole.' 2
Thus encouraged, Uther, though he thought it a risque, engaged
the enemy, and after a battle, long doubtful, at length was victorious,
and drove Pasgen and Gillainori to their ships with great slaughter.
After the victory, Uther returned to Winchester to inter his
brother. Thither also came all the archbishops,
3 "
bishops" and
abbots,
4 " and laymen of rank,"
5 of the island ; and Emrys was
buried within the circle of the Heroes, and near the monastery of
Ambri. Those who were present had been invited by Uther, and
by their common consent he was crowned king, the crown of sovereignty
being put on his head.
Uther recollecting the words of Merddyn, when the ceremony
was over, commanded two dragons of gold, and of exquisite workmanship, to be made, in form similar to that which he had seen on
the head of the comet's beam of light. One of these he deposited
in the principal church at Winchester, the other he made his standard
to be carried before his army. From l this circumstance he was
thenceforward called Uther Pendragon, (Ufher of the dragon's head.)
Uther pendragon is a Title not the name of an indiviual writers of the time did not know or were not aware of this Uther is a fictional name it could of been one of many pendragons who were victorious in battel. thats the way it was spelt in those by gone days.
now..... check this out i dont have the link yet but i will get it.
Did an asteroid strike in Australia plunge Anglo-Saxon England into a mini ice-age?
By Claire Bates
Last updated at 7:05 PM on 04th February 2010
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A giant meteorite that broke in two as it crashed off Australia, could have been responsible for a mini-ice age that engulfed Britain in 535AD.
The claim was made by marine geophysicist Dallas Abbott at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union last month.
She found evidence of two substantial impact craters in the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the northern Australian coast.
A veil of dust thrown up by an asteroid 2,000ft across may have caused a mini ice-age in 535AD
In the mid-sixth century, Europe and Asia experienced the most severe and protracted episode of cooling of the last 2,000 years.
Sources from the time refer to widespread crop failures and famines as the unseasonal weather took hold. The Gaelic Irish Annals recorded 'a failure of bread' from 536 to 539AD.
Tree ring analysis by Mike Baillie from Queen's University in Belfast also suggested a cool period. He found the Irish oak showed abnormally little growth in 536 and 542. This phenomenon was noted in trees in Sweden and Finland as well.
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The cause, according to historic sources, was a huge dust veil that descended on Earth.
For instance Byzantine historian Procopius recorded in 536AD that 'during this year a most dread portent took place. For the sun gave forth its light without brightness.
'It seemed exceedingly like the sun in eclipse, for the beams it shed were not clear.'
Until now scientists were divided as to whether the dust cloud was caused by a huge volcanic eruption like Krakatoa or a meteorite slamming into Earth.
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Britain was divided into a number of warring kingdoms in the 6th century. Sutton Hoo was first used as a burial site at this time
The eruption theory has many supporters due to sulphate deposits found in ice cores from that period.
However, Dr Abbott's research suggests the alternative theory. She found satellite measurements of sea levels pointed to two significant craters off Australia, which were 11miles and 7.4miles wide.
According to National Geographic, she was led to the site by large v-shaped dunes along the coast, which she believes are evidence of a great tsunami triggered by a giant impact.
Dr Abbott calculated that the original object must have been 2,000ft across. She also found that core samples from the area revealed material likely to have been melted and then blasted into the sky.
This could fit quite neatly with a 2004 paper in the journal of Astronomy and Geophysics, which suggested an object around 2,000ft across could have caused a cooling event on the scale of AD535.
Other researchers led by U.S. physicist Mark Boslough have dismissed Dr Abbott's theory.
Dr Boslough said if a large impactor had broken up as it approached Earth's surface, the fragments should have 'essentially behaved as one piece', creating just one crater.
He added that Dr Abbott and others had found 'evidence' of more impact events than astronomer's believe are possible.
Dr Abbott has staunchly defended her work. While she agreed her case wasn't 100 per cent proven she said: 'I think we're getting very close to being able to show there were a lot of impacts in the last 10,000 years.'
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