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English Heritage receives £2.5m donation for new Tintagel Castle footbridge
English Heritage has received a £2.5m donation from Julia and Hans Rausing towards the forthcoming footbridge at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, the charity announced today (Tuesday 19 February). Opening in summer 2019, the new footbridge will help people to better understand the dramatic Cornish castle, improve access, and help to preserve and conserve Tintagel’s archaeology and ecology.
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Merlin's face revealed at Tintagel Castle
As part of ongoing historical re-interpretation and investment at Tintagel, English Heritage unveils a new artwork of Merlin's face on Tintagel island in Cornwall.
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Tintagel Castle - new bridge concept designs revealed
English Heritage today unveiled concept designs from the six shortlisted teams who are competing to design a new footbridge at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall.
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Building bridges: Installation of Tintagel Castle’s new bridge begins
The new footbridge at Tintagel Castle is beginning to take shape, English Heritage announced today (18 June), as sections of the dramatic steel crossing have started to be installed at the coastal site, ahead of the castle re-opening this summer.
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Discover what Tintagel may have looked like in about AD 700 with this interactive reconstruction.
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Significance of Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Castle is valued both for its evidence of occupation in the 5th to 7th centuries and for its associations with Arthurian legend.
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Installation of Tintagel Castle's New Bridge Begins
The new footbridge at Tintagel Castle is beginning to take shape, as sections of the dramatic steel crossing have started to be installed at the coastal site ahead of the castle re-opening summer 2019.
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A feast of finds uncovered at Tintagel Castle
Evidence of fine dining, wealth and luxury at Tintagel Castle as archaeologists return to site to continue investigations.
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Tintagel Castle: Where history meets legend
A new exhibition at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall takes a fresh look at how fact and fiction have contributed to the history of this iconic landmark. The English Heritage exhibition explores the origins of Tintagel’s links to the Arthurian legend, and how this inspired Richard, Earl of Cornwall, to build a castle on the rugged coastal spot in the 13th century.
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Find out what Richard of Cornwall's castle at Tintagel would have looked like with this interactive reconstruction.