Tintagel Castle

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Tintagel Castle Description

The link with the Arthurian legend was first made by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his "Historia Regum Britanniae" (1136), in which Tintagel Castle is said to be King Arthur's birthplace. Since then numerous other writers have followed Geoffrey's lead. Little remains now to inspire the imagination; only a few pieces of wall from the castle which Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, bastard son of Henry I, built on the storm swept cliffs in about 1145, and some ruins of a sixth century monastery.

The first tangible evidence that King Arthur may have really existed has been found in the ruins of Tintagel Castle. The discovery of a piece of slate dating from the 6th century has a latin inscription that may refer to the ancient King of Britain

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Hobbies & Activities category: Castle, chateau, palace; Scenic site or route; Literary site; Archeological site or ruin

Address

Tintagel Castle
Tintagel
United Kingdom

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.15400

Hours

March 21 to September 30

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00

October 1 to October 31

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00

November 1 to March 31

Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)