Tintagel, King Arthur's Castle 1894
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33595A
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FABLED Tintagel is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur. The cliffs and castle are sublime, with plunging chasms and precipices, and rough fragments of wall, bastion and gateway bound by china clay mortar. Here (33595a), the ragged clouds and the sheep shining in the stormy light combine to create a fanciful, romantic scene. Situated almost a mile inland from the castle, Tintagel village has a single plain street, a confusion of antique slate buildings and tawdry modern bungalows and shops. On the left of 33602, the lumpy roofs of the 14th-century Old Post Office plunge and pitch, the stout chimneys poking at the sky. The building fell into disrepair in the early part of the 20th century, but has now been completely restored by the National Trust.
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