Tintagel Castle

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From Tintagel Castle ruins, looking at the village

Tintagel Castle is in Cornwall, a county in England.

Reginald, Earl of Cornwall built the castle on Tintagel Head (a piece of land by the sea) in about 1150. In Cornish legend, this is the place where the old Kings of Cornwall lived. Reginald built the castle for propaganda, not for military use; he wanted people to think of Camelot when they thought about him. Some people say King Arthur was born at the castle, because traditional stories say the King of Cornwall looked after him when he was a child.

The modern village of Tintagel was first called Trevena. Then, in the 1850s, it got a new name, to bring in tourism because of the King Arthur and Camelot legends. Tintagel is only the name of land by the sea.

Tintagel Castle Media

• Entrance to Tintagel Castle - geograph.org.uk - 993488.jpg

  The Victorian courtyard wall

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  Ruins of the castle in 2005

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  Remains of the 13th-century Tintagel Castle in 2016

• Footbridge to the Island, Tintagel Castle - geograph.org.uk - 936695.jpg

  Footbridge to the Island in 2008

• Estatua del rey Arturo en los acantilados de Tintagel.jpg

  Statue of Gallos by Rubin Eynon at Tintagel

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  Archaeological excavations at Tintagel Castle in August 2017