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With storms and high winds will Helen Mark be able to cross Tintagel's new bridge?

At Tintagel a new bridge restores an old  route and more archaeological remains have been found but does marking King Arthur's story distract from the true Cornish history.

Helen Mark visits Tintagel in Cornwall to cross the new bridge which now  links the castle to the mainland. She discovers its links with the legends of King Arthur, the way that this myth has shaped the buildings we now see in this landscape and the people who live there  and finds that the real historic importance of this part of the UK is only just beginning to be understood.

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