Tintagel headland; archaeological dig exposing a pre Christianity fiefdom dwelling whose occupier controlled the trade routes up the Bristol Channel.
Work in the 1930s on and around the site of the 12th-century castle have revealed that Tintagel headland was the site of a high status Celtic monastery (according to Ralegh Radford) or a princely fortress and trading settlement dating to the 5th and 6th centuries (according to later excavators), in the period immediately following the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain. Finds of Mediterranean oil and wine jars show that Sub-Roman Britain was not the isolated outpost it was previously considered to be, for an extensive trade in high-value goods was taking place at the time with the Mediterranean region
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Location: Atlantic Rd, Tintagel PL34 0DS, UK
Photo credit: © Roger Hollingsworth / Alamy / Afripics
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