Tintagel Castle (English Heritage Red Guides) - Softcover

Batey, Colleen E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848020139 ISBN 13: 9781848020139

Verlag: English Heritage, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Dramatically situated on a windswept Cornish headland, Tintagel Castle is one of the most spectacular historic sites in Britain. It is also one of the most legendary, linked with the tales of King Arthur since the Middle Ages. The remains of the 13th-century castle, built in the 1230s and 1240s by the fabulously rich Richard, earl of Cornwall, brother of Henry III, stand among the remains of a much earlier and more extensive settlement dating from the fifth to seventh centuries. Recent excavations have revealed traces of dozens of houses and thousands of fragments of pottery and glass, evidence of a literate but still mysterious community trading in luxury goods with places as far away as Africa. This new guide, beautifully illustrated with plans, maps and historical images, includes a tour and a history of the site and the characters associated with it.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: English Heritage
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848020139
• ISBN 13: 9781848020139
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 40
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