Tintagel

Once again the scenery around this part of the country is stunning especially when we reached Tintagel where the fable of King Arthur was born and Merlin’s Cave is located.

Rugged Cornish coastline.

Unusual  glass ceiling at the tourist info centre at Tintagel.

Tintagel and King Arthur's Great Hall's. Read all about King Arthur here.

Alongside the cave is the drainage tunnel from a dis-used silver-lead mine called Wheal Heart under Tintagel Castle. Wheal is Cornish for mine. This mine was closed and re-opened between 1806 and 1873 three times and finished up with the name King Arthur’s mine.The cove was also used by ships to discharge coal and load finest Cornish slate. They would be beached on the out going tide and re-floated at the next high tide.We walked the coastal track from the Camelot Hotel around to the castle where we could see all that there was to see without having to pay to go across the bridge to what is relatively an island. With my Canon zoom camera I was able to photograph most of the castle from the track.

Cornish slate walls built with just earth.

Merlin's Cave at Tintagel Castle. The cave to the right is an exit from a dis-used silver-lead mine.

Tintagel Castle.

Tintagel Castle built on a cliff top.

Tintagel Castle in the background

As we walked back up the hill to the village we walked past a stream where one of the English Heritage staff members was building a dam across the stream. It transpired there was a Brook Trout in under a rock and it didn’t have very much water in which to swim so he was creating a deep pool just for the fish. Ahh! ain’t that sweet.

Tintagel Castle taxi service if you don't have the energy to walk up the hill.