Jul 7, 2023
Gallos
This 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) bronze sculpture by Rubin Eynon is located at Tintagel Castle, a mediaeval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel (Trevena), North Cornwall.
It’s a representation of a ghostly male figure wearing a crown and holding a sword. While it’s popularly known as the "King Arthur statue", the site's owner English Heritage, has stated that it isn’t meant to represent a single person, but instead reflects the general history of the site, which is likely to have been a summer residence for the kings of Dumnonia between the late 4th and late 8th centuries (ie between the end of Roman rule in Britain and the Anglo-Saxon period).
