Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Castle is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel, North Cornwall in the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: castle in Cornwall, England, UK
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Merlin’s Cave and Gallos.
Merlin’s Cave
Cave
Photo: andy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merlin's Cave is a natural sea tunnel beneath Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, England, connecting Tintagel Haven on the east side of the island to West Cove on the west. Merlin’s Cave is situated 410 feet east of Tintagel Castle.
Gallos
Work of art
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gallos is an 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture by Rubin Eynon located at Tintagel Castle, a medieval fortification on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel, North Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Gallos is situated 600 feet west of Tintagel Castle.
St Materiana’s Church, Tintagel
Church
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parish Church of Saint Materiana at Tintagel is a Church of England parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Cornwall, England, UK. St Materiana’s Church, Tintagel is situated 2,100 feet south of Tintagel Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bossiney and Tregatta.
Bossiney
Hamlet
Photo: Dsgreat3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bossiney is a village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It forms part of the civil parish of Tintagel, and lies north-east of Tintagel village.
Tregatta
Hamlet
Tintagel or Trevena is a civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding King Arthur and in recent times have become a tourist attraction.
Halgabron
Locality
Halgabron is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, England. Halgabron is east of Bossiney. The family of Robartes once held land at Halgabron. Halgabron mill was built on the Trevillet River in the 19th century.
Tintagel Castle
- Categories: castle, ruins, local authority museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tintagel, North Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66866° or 50° 40′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.76108° or 4° 45′ 40″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C2QM69Q+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1354036527OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
6286611Wikidata ID
Q934922
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Welsh—“Tintagel Castle” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Castiello de Dintagell”
- Aragonese: “Castiello de Tintagel”
- Armenian: “Թինթաջել ամրոց”
- Basque: “Tintagel gaztelua”
- Bulgarian: “Тинтагил”
- Cebuano: “Tintagel Castle”
- Chinese: “廷塔哲城堡”
- Chinese: “廷塔杰尔城堡”
- Cornish: “Kastel Dintagel”
- Czech: “Hrad Tintagel”
- Czech: “Tintagel”
- Danish: “Tintagel Castle”
- Dutch: “Tintagel Castle”
- French: “château de Tintagel”
- French: “Château de Tintagel”
- Galician: “Castelo de Tintagel”
- Georgian: “თინთაჯელის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Tintagel Castle”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Τίνταγκελ”
- Hebrew: “טירת טינטאג’ל”
- Hebrew: “טירת טינטאגל”
- Hungarian: “tintageli kastély”
- Hungarian: “Tintageli vár”
- Irish: “Caisleán Tintagel”
- Irish: “Dintagel”
- Italian: “castello di Tintagel”
- Italian: “Castello di Tintagel”
- Italian: “Tintagel Castle”
- Japanese: “ティンタジェル城”
- Malay: “Istana kota Tintagel”
- Polish: “Zamek w Tintagel”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Tintagel”
- Russian: “Замок Тинтажель”
- Russian: “Тинтагель”
- Russian: “Тинтажель”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zamak Tintagel”
- Slovenian: “Grad Tintagel”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Tintagel”
- Swedish: “Tintagel Castle”
- Thai: “ทินทาเจล”
- Turkish: “Tintagel Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Тінтагель”
- Welsh: “Castell Tintagel”
- Welsh: “Kastel Tindagol”
- Welsh: “Kastel Tintagol”
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