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King Arthur planning to return to TintagelKing Arthur is planning a dramatic return to his native North Cornwall next year - by standing for election to the newly-established Camelot ward of the district council! Members of the council decided to name the ward, which includes Michaelstow, St Teath and Tintagel, "Camelot" after a review of boundaries completed earlier this year... continues... |
Posted by phil 9th January 2003ce |
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Visited 21.4.12 Whatever your views on all things ‘King Arthur’, this is a great place to visit. Whilst Karen and Sophie were happily looking around the ‘themed’ shops, I of course headed out towards the Castle/Cliff Fort with Dafydd. It is a bit of a hike from the town out to the headland and I’m afraid it would be difficult (impossible) for those with mobility problems. There are a series of steep stone steps to get up to the headland. For those who are able to make it the views are simply superb. Waves crashing on rocks all around; fine coastal views on both sides. (It helps of course if the weather is good!) There actually isn’t that much to see of the castle ruins although the outline of the ‘Dark Age’ buildings are very interesting. There are several information boards scattered around and much more details in the guide book you can buy. We then made our way down onto the beach to have a look at ‘Merlin’s Cave’ (Dafydd wanted to throw pebbles into the sea). This is even more difficult to access than the castle as the lower concrete steps have been washed away by the sea and you have to clamber over large boulders. There were lots of people about but you do need to be fairly agile. Unsurprisingly Dafydd developed his ‘bad leg syndrome’ on the steep walk back up to the town and we agreed on a joint carry/walk solution. By the time I reached the top of the slope I was pretty well knackered. Perhaps the £3 I could have paid to have been driven up the hill in a Land Rover wasn’t so expensive after all? All in all well worth a visit. Don’t let the ‘Arthur’ hype put you off. |
Posted by CARL 25th April 2012ce |
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17/06/2003 Our latest visit to Tintagel ended in us not even visiting the castle. The village is quite awful now so we parked just outside the village towards Boscastle and visited St. Nectans Glen and waterfall, which will not disappoint. Afterwards we carried on to Boscastle and paid our latest visit to the Museum of Witchcraft, where we always end up spending a couple of hours reading every exhibit, a must see. |
Posted by griffp 7th July 2003ce Edited 7th July 2003ce |
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Tintagel Cliff Castle - 2.4.2003 Easily reached as it’s a major tourist centre, but to go on the castle you’ll have to pay a few quid to English Heritage. It is a very impressive defensive structure and is very visible all along the coast. Although there is no actual evidence of it being an Iron Age cliff castle it is assumed that it was, given its location so close to other cliff castles and its natural defensive properties. Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books - 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) says....”The land bridge connecting the ‘island’ to the mainland would almost certainly have carried the defences of an Iron Age cliff castle before its erosion and eventual collapse c1300 AD” PS - Vortigen's birthday (see below) is just one day away from mine.....I'm younger though....form an orderly queue... This post appears as part of the weblog entry Another Kernow Week
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Posted by pure joy6th April 2003ce |
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Visited 28 06 1994 Tintagel 1994 meant my 30st birthday, and much more besides that. I'm an Arthurian buff (though not necessarily a believer) and to be here at Arthur's supposed birthplace on my birthday meant a lot. The village is too touristic to stay long (only if you want your Arthurian stuff, it's THE place to be and spend your money dearly). Best run along to the coast and the Norman castle, and of course the peninsula beyond. This is where the (in)famous ARTOGNOU stone was discvered, a fake to some (of course, ALL referring to Arthur must be..), proof to others (nonsense, it's a different name), very nice old stuff to me. This was a true Dark Ages site, possibly a monastery, but more likely a palace of sorts, owned by a powerful lord with control over shipping and possibly even across the Channell. Maybe not Arthur, but Arthurian for sure! |
Posted by Vortigern13th November 2002ce |
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University of GlasgowTintagel Excavations 1998 |
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English HeritageTintagel Castle |
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The Saxon ShoreTintagel's Place in post-Roman Britain |
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The Saxon ShoreA New Interpretation of the "Artognou" Stone |
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