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and mossy wet rock. Beyond the scenery there is nothing of interest at 
‘Knighton’s Kieve. Passing Bossiney we arrive at Travenna which 
stands on the lofty bare down. The Church, dedicated to St. Marcel- 
liana, is cruciform in shape, and has been recently restored and 
beautified. ‘The tower of the Church is unnecessarily lofty and wants 
breadth at the base for such a position, where even the very tombstones 
have to be supported by masonry buttresses. The Church is said to 
contain several objects of note, but we could not spare time to examine 
them, as we were averse to being drawn away by objects of inferior 
interest from the far greater pleasure we anticipated from the visit 
_ to King Arthur’s famed fortress and birthplace—Tintagel Castle. 
(See Illustration Tintagel Castle). Tintagel is one of those strong- 
holds formed by nature, like the great rock fortresses in India. 
A bold headland, with a broad and flat top whose surface is a 
continuation of the plateau of the inland Down, on which the 
_ Travenna Church stands, projects boldly into the sea. It forms 
almost an island, and has lofty perpendicular sides, rising (ex- 
' cepting on one short side) sheer out of the dark blue sea. The surface 
of the plateau thus cut off has a superficies of no less than 15 acres. 
_ It is separated from the rest of the promontory by a fault in the rock, 
_ which leaves a very narrow sharp neck, some 40 or 50 feet only above 
high water mark. The promontory inland from this neck rises gradually 
‘but steeply, and only widens when it reaches the plateau at some 
distance from the fortress. The only entry into the great fortress is by 
a winding stair, cut inthe precipitous rock, and starting from the narrow 
neck to a gateway in a battlemented wall above. On reaching the gate- 
“way, which does not appear very ancient, though the original entrance 
‘must have been of necessity in the same situation, we first step on toa 
terraced plateau to the north-east of, and 60 or 70 feet lower than, the 
great upper plateau. This terrace is about 70 yards in breadth and 150 
to 200 yards long, and it provided a spot well sheltered from the 
A tlantic gales, for the erection of the Royal Palace, Church and other 
buildings, the ruins of which are all that remain of its former greatness. 
After advancing along the whole length of the lower plateau, which 
adually rises and narrows, we find ourselves at last almost ona 
