Game of Thrones fans have spotted what they believe could be the biggest clue yet that the highly-anticipated prequel House of the Dragon is filming in Cornwall.
Earlier this week, pictures taken in Cornwall fuelled rumours that the House of the Dragon production may have begun, with locals spotting crew members assembling a medieval-looking stone archway in the English seaside spot.
Lorries were also seen at Penhale Camp near Holywell, Newquay with the Warner Bros logo embossed on the side, although it remains uncertain whether the vehicles were connected to the series.
In a new close-up picture of a stone archway erected in Cornwall, a symbol can be seen at the top of it that appears to look like a seahorse.
Several Game of Thrones noted that the symbol appears to resemble the sigil for House of Velaryon, a noble house that is due to appear in House of the Dragon.
The sigil for the House, whose motto is believed to be ‘The Old, the True, the Brave’, is a silver seahorse set against a sea-green background.
In a post shared on Reddit, one fan theorised that the stone archway could be part of Driftmark, an island of Blackwater Bay where the seat of the House is situated.
One Reddit user commented that they were ‘irrationally excited about seeing Driftmark’.
‘Great eyes! Because I was squinting LMAO,’ another remarked.
Someone else said that taking analysing the supposed set pictures brought back ‘nostalgic feelings’ from when they used to do the same while Game of Thrones was on air.
Steve Toussaint is set to star as Lord Corlys Velaryon in House of the Dragon, also known as ‘The Sea Snake’.
‘As “The Sea Snake”, the most famed nautical adventurer in the history of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his house into a powerful seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy in the world,’ the official HBO description for Steve’s character states, according to Deadline.
Eve Best will play Princess Rhaenys Velaryon (née Targaryen), a dragonrider and wife of Lord Corlys, who ‘was passed over as heir to the throne at the Great Council because the realm favored her cousin, Viserys, simply for being male’.
Metro.co.uk has contacted HBO for comment.
House Of The Dragon is expected to arrive on HBO in 2022.
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