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Round Pine


A tree in Orkney where, in the time of Joseph of ArimatheaKing Orcant tested knights who wanted to champion him against a murder charge brought by King Marahant of Ireland. By defeating King Orcant himself, Peter, a follower of Joseph of Arimathea, won the right to fight the combat.


Source
Vulgate Estoire del Saint Graal | 1220-1235