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Tintagel

At Tintagel a new bridge restores an old route and more archaeological remains have been found but does marking King Arthur's story distract from the true Cornish history.

Helen Mark visits Tintagel in Cornwall to cross the new bridge which now links the castle to the mainland. She discovers its links with the legends of King Arthur, the way that this myth has shaped the buildings we now see in this landscape and the people who live there and finds that the real historic importance of this part of the UK is only just beginning to be understood.

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24 minutes

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Sat 1 Feb 202006:07
BBC Radio 4

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