Quest & Chorus #3: Tintagel - History, Shipwrecks & Myth (special feature Folk Songs & Stories)

Welcome to Quest & Chorus, where songs remember what history forgets. I’m your bard, and today, we climb a legendary cliff—where myth and memory blur. To Tintagel. Some say King Arthur was born here. Others say he died here. And whether that’s true or not doesn’t really matter… Because this place feels like the kind of place where someone says goodbye. Today, we raise a glass—to stories that fade, and the people who carry them.

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QUEST & CHORUS of TINTAGEL, CORNWALL - History & Myth

Tintagel is carved into the coast of Cornwall — cliffs like the broken edge of a sword, sea spray rising like breath. Ruins cling to the stone. A castle? Maybe. A dream? Definitely.

But before we step into the realm of Arthur and Avalon, let’s talk about what Tintagel really is.

🏰 The History

The site we call Tintagel Castle was built in the 1230s by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the brother of King Henry III. Richard was a man of immense wealth and ambition. And his castle wasn’t entirely practical. It wasn’t raised to defend farmland or trade routes. It was built as a statement — to tie himself to the powerful myths already woven into Tintagel’s cliffs.

But Tintagel’s story stretches much further back. Archaeological excavations re