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Tintagel Castle is a historic site situated on the clifftops of North Cornwall. Due to the rugged coastal landscape, there are steep slopes, sheer drops and uneven surfaces which can present a challenge to visitors. If possible, we ask our visitors to follow a one-way route around the site which means leaving via 140 steep steps.
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It was there, the enduring legend (begun by Geoffrey of Monmouth) has it, that Merlin, the great enchanter, turned King Uther Pendragon into the likeness of the lord of the castle so that the king could enjoy his beautiful wife, Igraine. That night she conceived Arthur.
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Tintagel Castle is the site of a Dark Age settlement and one of the most spectacular coastal landscapes to be found in England, steeped with Arthurian legend. In the 12th century, Tintagel was named by Geoffrey of Monmouth as the place where King Arthur was conceived, kindling the fire for 900 years of mystery.
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Historic Tintagel is now a large expanse of rock, exposed to the Atlantic winds and barely covered with soil and grass: the air is fresh, the view spectacular. Littered about the site are the slight remains of human activity, the ruins of a medieval castle and the low walls of a large number of Dark Age huts.
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Occupation in the 5th to 7th centuries. Tintagel Castle was a prosperous and highly significant site for about 150-200 years, from about AD 450 until AD 650. Its precise function is not known, but it was closely involved in trade with the Mediterranean world. Its prominence and defensible nature suggest that it may have been a stronghold of.
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Tintagel Castle / tɪnˈtædʒəl / ( Cornish: Dintagel) is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel (Trevena), North Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
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Description Collection Highlights Tintagel in about AD 700 People have lived at Tintagel since at least the late Roman period. Between the 5th and 7th centuries a prosperous community was based there, which traded with the Mediterranean world.
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History of Tintagel Castle. The site of Tintagel Castle has been inhabited at least since the late Roman period, and a community flourished here in the 5th to 7th centuries. In the 12th century Tintagel gained literary fame when Geoffrey of Monmouth named it as the place where King Arthur was conceived. These Arthurian associations may have.
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Tintagel (kornisch Dintagell oder Tre war Venydh) ist eine Ortschaft an einem zerklüfteten Küstenabschnitt der Grafschaft Cornwall im äußersten Südwesten Englands.. Die Ortsbezeichnung ist vor allem bekannt durch die in der Nähe am Meer liegende Burgruine Tintagel Castle, die der Chronist Geoffrey of Monmouth 1136 in seiner Historia Regum Britanniae zu König Artus' Residenz erklärt hat.
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The historian, Geoffrey Monmouth claimed Tintagel Castle was the place where Arthur was conceived by Uther Pendragon, King of Britain and Queen Igerna, wife of Duke Gorlois of Cornwall. Later, within the 15th century, Tintagel Castle was also named as Arthur's place of birth as well as his conception.
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History of Tintagel Castle. The site of Tintagel Castle has been inhabited at least since the late Roman period, and a community flourished here in the 5th to 7th centuries. In the 12th century Tintagel gained literary fame when Geoffrey of Monmouth named it as the place where King Arthur was conceived. These Arthurian associations may have.
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Tintagel is alleged to be the legendary seat of King Arthur. It is in this Cornish castle, far from civilization and on the very boundaries of human endurance that Arthur allegedly commanded his knights. It is here he wandered with Gwynevere and from which he ruled his kingdom. Now, of course, these are all legends.
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Tintagel ( / tɪnˈtædʒəl /) or Trevena ( Cornish: Tre war Venydh, [1] meaning Village on a Mountain) is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Description Collection Highlights Medieval Tintagel Reconstructed The remains visible at Tintagel today belong to a 13th-century castle built for the hugely rich and ambitious Richard, Earl of Cornwall, brother of King Henry III.
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History of Tintagel Castle. Tintagel Castle is one of the most interesting historic sites in Britain. The castle is believed to be built during the Roman-Britain period, a time when southern Britain was invaded and occupied by the Roman Empire.There are no specific records of the castle's construction; historians believe that the place was inherited from the Kingdom of Dumnonia, and the.
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Tintagel Castle in Cornwall occupies an area which is half on the mainland and half on a rough headland known as the 'island'. The site has been occupied intermittently for centuries and has.
