The so-called " Arthur stone ", discovered in 1998 among the ruins at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall in securely dated 6th-century contexts, created a brief stir but proved irrelevant.

Following the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, Shackleton transferred to the troopship Tintagel Castle where, in March 1900, he met an army lieutenant, Cedric Longstaff, whose father Llewellyn W. Longstaff was the main financial backer of the National Antarctic Expedition, then being organised in London.

The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table.

Toponymists have had difficulty explaining the origin of ' Tintagel ': the probability is that it is Norman French as the Cornish of the 13th century would have lacked the soft ' g ' (' i / j ' in the earliest forms: see also Tintagel Castle ).

Remains of Tintagel Castle, legendary birthplace of King Arthur

( If this is correct then it would have been on the site of Tintagel Castle.

* Tintagel Castle Lodge of Mark Master Masons No. 1800 which was consecrated on 23 April 1999.

It stands on the cliffs between Trevena and Tintagel Castle and is listed Grade I.

The film Knights of the Round Table had some sequences filmed near Tintagel Castle with local people as extras: this was in 1953 though it was not released until 1954.

Overlooking the ruins of Tintagel Castle.

* Radford, C. A. Ralegh ( 1939 ) Tintagel Castle.

* Tintagel Castle, Tintagel, Cornwall.

* Tintagel Castle in Cornwall ( also said to be Arthur's birthplace by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

Tintagel Castle () is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island, adjacent to the village of Tintagel in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom.

Today, Tintagel Castle is a tourist destination, as it has been since the mid-19th century, and it is managed by the governmental organisation English Heritage.

It was in this regional background that settlement continued at Tintagel Castle, with the creation of what is known by archaeologists as Period II of the site.

The hypothesis that Tintagel Castle had been a monastery during Period II was pioneered by the Devon archaeologist C. A. Ralegh Radford, who excavated at the site from 1933 through to 1938.

He came to this conclusion based upon some similarities in the structures of the Early Medieval elements of Tintagel Castle and the seventh century monastery at the site of Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.

In 1225 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, swapped the land of Merthen ( originally part of the manor of Winnianton ) with Gervase de Tintagel for Tintagel Castle.

Tintagel (; ; originally Trevena from ) is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Tintagel is also used as a locus for the Arthurian mythos by the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the poem Idylls of the King.

The parish feast traditionally celebrated at Tintagel was October 19, the feast day of St Denys, patron of the chapel at Trevena ( the proper date is October 9 but the feast has moved forward due to the calendar reform of 1752 ).

The Ravenna Cosmography, of around 700, makes reference to Purocoronavis, ( almost certainly a corruption of Durocornovium ), ' a fort or walled settlement of the Cornovii ': the location is unidentified, but Tintagel and Carn Brea have both been suggested.

Two of the Roman milestones found in Cornwall are at Tintagel ( the earlier of the two is described under Trethevy ): the later one was found in the walls of the churchyard in 1889 and is preserved in the church.

" King Arthur's Footprint " is a hollow in the rock at the highest point of Tintagel Island's southern side.

The name commemorates the abbey in France which held the patronage of Tintagel during the Middle Ages ( the commune is now known as Fontevraud-l ' Abbaye ), founded by Robert of Arbrissel.

For the purposes of local government Tintagel is a civil parish and councillors are elected every four years.

The coastline around Tintagel is significant because it is composed of old Devonian slate ; about a mile southwards from Tintagel towards Treknow the coastline was quarried extensively for this hard-wearing roofing surface.

The turquoise green water around this coast is caused by the slate / sand around Tintagel which contains elements of copper: strong sunlight turns the water a light turquoise green colour in warm weather.

The beach at Bossiney Haven is close by and Trebarwith Strand, just half an hour's walk south of Tintagel, is one of Cornwall's finer beaches, boasting clear seas, golden sands, and superb surf: there is a small beach at Tintagel Haven immediately north of the castle.

The jacket illustration shows Tintagel Parish Church whereas the story is set in Yorkshire.

Many elements and incidents that are now an integral part of the Arthurian story appear in Geoffrey's Historia, including Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, the wizard Merlin, Arthur's wife Guinevere, the sword Excalibur, Arthur's conception at Tintagel, his final battle against Mordred at Camlann and final rest in Avalon.

Tintagel is used as a locus for the Arthurian mythos by the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the poem Idylls of the King and Algernon Charles Swinburne's Tristram of Lyonesse is one of the versions of the Tristan and Iseult legends where some of the events are set at Tintagel.

The couple spent their honeymoon at Tintagel in 1823, a place that kindled his lifelong fascination with Arthurian legend and later inspired him to write The Quest of the Sangraal.

Not incidentally, the castle has a long association with the Arthurian legends, going back to the 12th century when Geoffrey of Monmouth in his mythical account of British history, the Historia Regum Britanniae described Tintagel as the place of Arthur's conception.

" However, the book became hugely popular, spreading across Britain in the Late Medieval period, when more Arthurian texts were produced, and many of them began propagating the idea that Arthur himself was actually born at Tintagel.

Gorlois of Tintagel ( Welsh: Gwrlais ) was a Duke of Cornwall and Igraine's first husband before her marriage to Uther Pendragon, according to the Arthurian legend.

In Tintagel, Bax reached back to legends and dreams — specifically that of the doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde.

Algernon Charles Swinburne's Tristram of Lyonesse is one of the versions of the Tristan and Iseult legends where some of the events are set at Tintagel.

In these legends, Mark is usually seen as ruling Cornwall from Tintagel Castle.

* Purocoronavis, which may refer to an important native hill fort, such as Carn Brea or Tintagel.