THE ARTHURIAN Centre at Slaughterbridge near Camelford is holding two Living History Weekends on July 23 and 24 and August 13 and 14. The programme includes dark age battle re-enactments, archery competitions, falconry display, demonstrations, storytelling and music.

There will be refreshment stalls and a beer tent.

As part of the Festival of British Archaeology the centre will be hosting an archaeological dig until July 31. Students and tutors from Winchester University will continue to excavate a 13th-century abandoned village site as well as other interesting 'targets'. Members of the public are welcome to visit and even join in (full training can be offered at extra cost).

The Arthurian Centre is dedicated to the history and legends of King Arthur. Slaughterbridge is the site of the last battle between Arthur and Mordred's armies, the Battle of Camlann.

An inscribed memorial stone from the 6th-century marks the site of this event. Beautiful walks past the 12th-century excavation site lead to the stone and the recently discovered 18th-century garden created by Lady Falmouth.

The centre contains an extensive exhibition explaining the development of the Arthurian stories alongside Cornish history from the Bronze Age to the present era. The exhibition now also contains some original armour from the 1981 John Boorman film, Excalibur.

Battle re-enactments, archery, falconry display and demonstrations.