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[[Image:TintagelCastle.jpg|thumb|Overlooking the ruins of Tintagel Castle. Part of the village can be seen in the distance.]]
[[Image:View_from_Tintagel_castle.jpg|thumb|Another view from the top of Tintagel castle.]]
'''Tintagel Castle''' ({{gbmapping|SX051889}}) is a [[castle]] found on [[Tintagel Head]], located near [[Tintagel]] in [[Cornwall]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. The site was originally a [[Roman]] settlement, though the remains of the castle that stand today date from the 13th century. The castle is traditionally linked to the legend of [[King Arthur]] and as such it is currently a popular tourist site run by [[English Heritage]].
==History==
===Roman settlement===
Cornwall was relatively untouched during the [[Roman occupation of Britain]], however coins and pottery fragments found at the site indicate that the site was oppucpied in the third or fourth century. Two Roman milestones nearby indicate that a road lead to the settlement.
===Dark Age settlement===
After the Romans left Britain, [[Celtic]] people's did build a fortress on the site. It is often speculated that it was a summer residence for the rulers of [[Dumnonia]]. The [[Ravenna Cosmography]], of around [[700]], makes reference to Purocoronavis, (almost certainly a corruption of Durocornovium), 'a fort or walled settlement of the [[Cornovii|Cornovii]], (unidentified, but possibly referring to Tintagel Castle or [[Carn Brea]] castle). Later legends claimed that this was the site where the Cornish kings held court at this time.
===Medieval period===
A castle was built on the site by [[Reginald, Earl of Cornwall]] in [[1233]], to build on the Arthurian legends that were associated with the area and because it was seen as the traditional place for Cornish kings. The castle was build in a more old fashioned style for the time to make it appear more ancient. Reginald hoped that in this way he could help to gain the Cornish people's trust, who were suspicious of outsiders. The castle itself held no real strategic value.
===Victorian era===
During the Victorian era, there was a fascination with the Arthurian legends, and the ruins of the castle became a tourist destination. The modern day village of Tintagel was known as Trevena until the [[1850s]], when it was renamed to promote tourism on the back of the King Arthur and Camelot legends. Strictly speaking, Tintagel is only the name of the headland.
==Arthurian legend==
It was claimed by [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] in the [[12th century]] that the castle at Tintagel Head was where King [[Uther Pendragon]] seduced Queen [[Igraine]] of Cornwall, while her husband, [[Gorlois]], was under siege elsewhere. [[King Arthur]] was thus conceived and later writers made the castle his birthplace.
==Archaelogical Discoveries==
A [[Dark Ages]] [[Celt|Celtic]] fortress did exist there. The first excavations, which were undertaken by [[Ralegh Radford]] in the [[1930s]], have come under modern criticism, partly because the site documentation was slight, by modern standards Radford led a considerable interpretative shift when he suggested that Tintagel was in fact a Celtic monastery and not an "Arthurian" site. In the mid-[[1980s]] a fire on Tintagel headland led to considerable erosion of the topsoil, and many more building foundations than were recorded by Radford could be seen.<ref>[http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/1/hati.htm "Early Medieval Tintagel: An Interview with Archaeologists Rachel Harry and Kevin Brady"]</ref> In [[1998]] the mis-called "[[Arthur stone]]" was discovered there that raised hopes for some basis for the legend.<ref>But see [http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/1/hati.htm "Early Medieval Tintagel: An Interview with Archaeologists Rachel Harry and Kevin Brady"].</ref> The present-day ruins of the castle are situated on a rocky headland that overlooks the Cornish coast. Tintagel Castle is one of the landholdings of the [[Duchy of Cornwall]]/[[Prince Charles]] who refuse to reveal the date or circumstances under which the castle was transferred to the care of English Heritage. It has proved not possible to obtain this information. as there is a Parliamentary injunction <ref>[http://cornishstannaryparliament.co.uk/resources/article.php?story=20061026005146214 Letter from the House of Commons Library to Andrew George MP, dated 16th July 1997]</ref> preventing MP’s from raising questions about, or even attempting to discuss, Duchy related matters. On 16th July 1997 the Liberal Democrat [[Andrew George]] MP attempted to raise a Duchy-related question but he was prevented by an injunction that disallows MPs raising any questions in Parliament that are in any way related to the Duchy.
==Recent Controversy==
In 1999 there was some controversy regarding this site and others under the care of the [[English Heritage]] organisation. Members of a pressure group, the [[Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament#Operation_Chough|Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament]], removed several signs bearing the English Heritage name.<ref>[http://www.cornishstannaryparliament.co.uk/heritage-signs.html Cornish Stannary Parliament tackles English cultural aggression in Cornwall.]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1768853.stm BBC News: Historic signs case trio bound over]</ref>
==Notes==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConProperty.316 Tintagel Castle information at English Heritage]
*[http://www.cornwalltour.co.uk/tintagel.html Illustrated Guide to Tintagel castle]
*[http://www.thisisnorthcornwall.com/tintagel.html About Tintagel]
*[http://www.medieval-castle.com/haunted_castles_england/tintagel_castle.htm Tintagel Castle and haunted castles]
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