Brewer's: Tintagel

or Tintagil. A strong castle on the coast of Cornwall, the reputed birth-place of King Arthur.

“When Uthur in Tintagil passed away.”

Tennyson: The Coming of Arthur

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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