Arthurian Knight

This one and a half life size statue of an Arthurian Knight, stands at the very top of Tintagel Castle in North Cornwall.

Legend has it, King Arthur and his Knights of the round table came from Tintagel Castle. Though to be honest, it is more than likely a legend created by the Cornwall tourist board

It is an impressive sight, if you are ever in the area.

[Brennie B]

so surreal. could be anywhere. another time definate fav

[John Sutton]

Clever statue. Nice picture 🙂

[Lynne]

Wonderful

[Carol]

What a wonderful statue.

[Terri]

Super photo! Love this!

[Shirley B]

Amazing and very eye-catching.

[Carole G]

Thought it was Lord of the Rings for a moment. Great sculpture

[FBailey]

Really like this one

[Lou Ann]

This is "Star Wars" and "Hobbit" and even "Harry Potter", all rolled into one. Wonderful!

[Mandy]

Great setting for a fab sculpture.

[Renee]

Oh, yes, dramatic. I thought of Tolkien too. It's eerie...

[Carole Sandford]

It was quite an amazing sight! It is also very Tolkienish.

[Joanna kate]

Would be impressive sight to greet you

[Henri Russell]

Reminds me of a giant Darth Vafer. Wonderful photo.

[Vera]

Oh, this is such a great statue. And right - reminded me of Darth Vader as well.

[Rosie Kerr]

Oh, so wonderful. Uther, disguised as Gorlois, seducing Ingraine, producing Arthur, assisted by Merlin... right here!!! :). Wonderful shot, of a place that I hope to see one day. The Once and Future King lives on. Honestly, this pre-dates the tourism board, to be sure. :)

[Rosie Kerr]

PS - you might want to try this in black and white. I would be curious.

[Margo]

Wonderful statue

[Leslie]

Wowzier

[John Falconer]

Great. But I thought it was Darth Vader in the thumbnail!

[Cherrill]

Keep coming back to this - I wonder when this was put in place, I certainly don't recall it there (back in the day!!) I agree with the others that it has a feeling of mystical literary characters - we could do with him returning right now and putting things to rights!

[Phil Sandford]

@brennieb @johnsutton @lynne5477 @cmsch52 @terrinorthwind @boatman137 @yorkshirekiwi @fbailey @louannwarren @mandygravil @stillwaters @carole_sandford @joannakate @henrir @vera365 @vera365 @777margo @lesip @johnfalconer @Cherrill Thanks all for your views and reaction to this photograph. It is apparently of King Arthur himself, and when it was installed, by helicopter, in April 2016, it caused a huge stir within the community.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/24/kingly-statue-plunges-sword-into-tintagels-arthurian-row

@johnfalconer @vera365 @henrir I don't see the Darth Vader in this, mainly because of the huge sword 😜😜

[John Falconer]

I guess I saw the dark mask first!!!

[Phil Sandford]

@johnfalconer His helmet is certainly very Darth Vader, so can see it from that point of view 😊

[*lynn]

fantastic work of art, I thought Star Wars at first, so interesting to read about it, thanks for showing us ~ fav

[Margaret Brown]

A very impressive statue, fav

[Kitty Hawke]

That's our King Arthur statue......not been there that long actually......and there was a lot of locals resentment about it going up there......however, it is weathering and is proving very popular with visitors.....

[Sue Cooper]

Great capture Phil.

[Phil Sandford]

@lynnz @craftymeg @cutekitty @susiemc Many thanks