OBSERVATIONS ON TINTAGEL CASTLE. 43 
the N.E. cliff extended from a point marked (a) in the accom- 
panying plan to (b). I cannot therefore arrive at any other con- 
clusion than that the Castle was a continuous structure—extending 
from the gateway of the great court on the mainland to the 
encircling wall on the Island. 
BARRAS NOSE 
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S 
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TINTAGCEL HEAD 
CASTLE 
SKETCH PLAN OF 
TINTAGEL CASTLE AND COVE 
By reference to the map of the coast in the immediate vicinity 
of the Castle Cove it will be seen how, from similar geological 
causes, the peninsular type exists. The same observation indeed 
applies to many of the headlands between Tintagel head and 
Pentire-glaze Point. An inspection of the southern portion of the 
ruin on the mainland in connection with the precipice on which 
it stands, induces me to believe that the Castle originally occupied 
a much larger site in this direction than it does at present. Within 
the memory of many now living, a portion of the ruin attached to 
the circular boundary wall has disappeared, and the gradual 
formation of the existing precipice for a considerable space, ex- 
tending from the mainland to the Island, is most easily traced. 
In fact, I entertain no doubt that originally the site of the Castle 
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