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Tintagel, Cornwall: Alfred Lord Tennyson visited this magnificent site in 1842. He wrote Morte d'Arthur and Idylls of the King. Like many others, Dickens, Thackeray and Swinburne all wrote about Arthur's Tintagel. The Reverend Robert S. Hawker, the eccentric parson of Morwenstow, stayed in Tintagel in 1823 on his honeymoon and later wrote The Quest of the Sangraal. On 6 August 1998, the BBC reported that a sixth century stone inscribed 'Artognov' (similar to the name 'Arthur') had come to light at Tintagel Castle. The truth about King Arthur may remain a mystery, but legends abound!