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Address: Camelford,
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King Arthur's leg... Apr 02, 2008 02:48:37
TINTAGEL, England -- Storms and gusting winds have chiseled away at
this corner of southwestern England for centuries, but the legends that
inhabit the area still loom large.The rocky headland near the village of Tintagel has become so entwined
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Tintagel Castle Oct 10, 2007 05:15:56
Tintagel Castle Legendary Arthurian Castle at Tintagel Head, Camelford, Cornwall |
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Tintagel Castle is a castle currently in ruins, found on Tintagel Head, located near Tintagel on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, near the town of Camelford. This was originally the location of a Roman settlement. however coins and pottery fragments found at the site indicate that the site was occupied in the third or fourth century and later, possibly a trading settlement of Celtic kings of the 5th and 6th centuries, though the remains of the castle that stand today date from the 13th century.
Tintagel Island, joined to the mainland via a thin wedge of rock was associated with Tristan and Isolde of Arthurian Legend long before Reginald, Earl of Cornwall built his Castle on the site in 1233 to build on the Arthurian legends that were associated with the area and because it was seen as the traditional place for Cornish kings. The castle was built in a more old fashioned style for the time to make it appear more ancient. Reginald hoped that in this way he could help to gain the Cornish people's trust, who were suspicious of outsiders. The castle itself held no real strategic value. The remains of the 13th century castle show the stout walls which kept out the bitter winter gales, and the steep stone steps to access the upper levels.
After Reginald, the following Earls of Cornwall were not interested in the castle, and it was left to the county sheriff. The castle became more dilapedated, and in the 1330s the roof of the Great Hall was removed, and from then the castle became ruins.
During the Victorian era, there was a fascination with the Arthurian legends, and the ruins of the castle became a tourist destination. In the mid-1980s a fire on Tintagel headland led to considerable erosion of the topsoil, and many more building foundations than were recorded by Radford could be seen. In 1998 the mis-called "Arthur stone" was discovered there that raised hopes for some basis for the legend.
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