... but was it King Arthur or a group of visiting lads on a stag party?

A 'sword in the stone' inspired by King Arthur's Excalibur has been stolen after being mysteriously pulled from its lakeside home.

The sword was fixed into the stone with cement next to Llangorse Lake in the Brecon Beacons, which has been rumoured to be one of the possible locations of Camelot.

But the black metal sword has gone missing after being pulled from the stone in South Wales, and the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority is baffled by the theft.

The sword was fixed into the stone with cement next to Llangorse Lake in the Brecon Beacons, which has been rumoured to be one of the possible locations of Camelot

The black metal sword has gone missing after being pulled from the stone in South Wales, and the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority is baffled by the theft

No one has been arrested over the incident. The iron sword had been firmly placed in a stone as a tourist attraction for people visiting the lake in the countryside.

It is one of the locations mooted for Camelot in the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.