On the southeast coast of England from Bodmin Moor, Cornwall stretches west into the sea.
The small village of Tintagel - Cornwall overlooks the sea on a wild and desolate part of the northern coast of Cornwall.
But Tintagel was not always Tintagel.
Today's village of Tintagel went originally by the name of Trevena until the Post Office established the new name around 1850.
That Post Office still stands today in what was once a 14th century manor house with meter-thick old stone walls and smoke blackened wooden roof-beams.
The edifice has been restored to its 19th century appearance, a time when one of the rooms served as a village post office.
In the far off misty recesses of time, Geoffrey of Monmouth was the first to identify Tintagel as the birthplace of Arthurian legend and story in his 12th century "History of the Kings of England".
Hundreds of years later, Tennyson described Tintagel's Arthurian connections in "The Idylls of the King".
Today, all that is left are the outlines of the foundations of the castle's walls and moats.
Located directly on the sea and adjacent to the village of Tintagel, the cliff-top ruins of Tintagel Castle, reputed to be the birthplace of King Arthur are all that is left.
The castle was built around the year 1240 by Earl Richard of Cornwall, post-dating the 7th century period of Arthurian legend by at least 600 years.
The Earl chose this far-away, wind-swept spot as a location for his castle based precisely on that legend.
King Arthur's Hall is another location related to the Arthurian legend.
By historical standards the building is nowhere near as old as the nearby castle ruins.
It was built in the 1930's and serves as the headquarters of the Fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table.
Seventy-three stained glass windows that tell the Arthurian story grace the structure.
Also within walking distance of Tintagel is a mile and half trail that leads through St.
Nectan's Glen to a sixty-foot waterfall known as St Nectan's Kieve, that has been variously identified over the centuries as a place of spiritual as well as physical healing.
The small village of Tintagel - Cornwall overlooks the sea on a wild and desolate part of the northern coast of Cornwall.
But Tintagel was not always Tintagel.
Today's village of Tintagel went originally by the name of Trevena until the Post Office established the new name around 1850.
That Post Office still stands today in what was once a 14th century manor house with meter-thick old stone walls and smoke blackened wooden roof-beams.
The edifice has been restored to its 19th century appearance, a time when one of the rooms served as a village post office.
In the far off misty recesses of time, Geoffrey of Monmouth was the first to identify Tintagel as the birthplace of Arthurian legend and story in his 12th century "History of the Kings of England".
Hundreds of years later, Tennyson described Tintagel's Arthurian connections in "The Idylls of the King".
Today, all that is left are the outlines of the foundations of the castle's walls and moats.
Located directly on the sea and adjacent to the village of Tintagel, the cliff-top ruins of Tintagel Castle, reputed to be the birthplace of King Arthur are all that is left.
The castle was built around the year 1240 by Earl Richard of Cornwall, post-dating the 7th century period of Arthurian legend by at least 600 years.
The Earl chose this far-away, wind-swept spot as a location for his castle based precisely on that legend.
King Arthur's Hall is another location related to the Arthurian legend.
By historical standards the building is nowhere near as old as the nearby castle ruins.
It was built in the 1930's and serves as the headquarters of the Fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table.
Seventy-three stained glass windows that tell the Arthurian story grace the structure.
Also within walking distance of Tintagel is a mile and half trail that leads through St.
Nectan's Glen to a sixty-foot waterfall known as St Nectan's Kieve, that has been variously identified over the centuries as a place of spiritual as well as physical healing.
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