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Tintagel Castle
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Kastel Dintagel
(KW)
Type:
Historic Site
Parish:
Tintagel
Hundred:
Lesnewth
Notes:
Attested in texts: tyndagyel(1) Dintagel refers to the Iron Age cliff castle on the island - castle with a choke point, so 'castle by the castle with a choke point'
Elements:
Dintagel
Meaning:
place name
kastel
Meaning:
castle
Elements notes:
<kastel> 'castle' + Dintagel
Historic forms:
Purocoronavis c400 ?Durocoronavis.