The Tintagel area in North Cornwall, and particularly Tintagel Castle, is inextricably linked with the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
The stirring tales of Arthur and his followers in what was regarded as a bygone golden age gained a wide audience in the 12th century thanks to cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth’s work, History of the Kings of Britain. Though the stories might have been believed in medieval times, they are now viewed as mythical rather than reliable renditions of known facts.
Geoffrey of Monmouth placed the conception of Arthur at a coastal stronghold at Tintagel.
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