King Artur's Car Park PL34 0DA
National Trust ,Tintagel Old Post Office PL34 0DB
St Materiana's Church PL34 0DL
Glebe Cliff
Tintagel Castle PL34 0HE
Tintagel Castle Bridge PL34 0HE
Merlin's Cave PL34 0HE
Great Hall
Gallos Statue
Barras Nose
North Tintagel Boulders
The Sisters
Bossiney Cove
St Nectan's Waterfall PL34 0BE
HISTORY MEETS LEGEND
History and legend are inseparable at Tintagel. From about the 5th to the 7th century AD it was an important stronghold, and probably a residence of rulers of Cornwall. Many fragments of luxury pottery imported from the Mediterranean were left behind by those who lived here.
It was probably memories of this seat of Cornish kings that inspired the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth to name it in his History of the Kings of Britain as the place where King Arthur was conceived, with the help of Merlin. At the same time, Cornish and Breton writers linked the love story of Tristan and Iseult with Tintagel.
In turn, these associations with legend led the hugely rich and ambitious Richard, Earl of Cornwall, to build a castle here in the 1230s. The site was of no military value - legend alone seems to have inspired him to build here. And long after the castle had fallen into decay, its mythical associations kept interest in Tintagel alive.
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