<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin%27s_Cave" class="extiw" title="en:Merlin's Cave">Merlin's Cave</a>, viewed from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintagel_Castle" class="extiw" title="en:Tintagel Castle">Tintagel Castle</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall" class="extiw" title="en:Cornwall">Cornwall</a>. The beach is the location where, according to local legend, the wizard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin" class="extiw" title="en:Merlin">Merlin</a> plucked the infant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur" class="extiw" title="en:King Arthur">Arthur</a> from the sea. The legend of the rescue itself itself was made famous in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson" class="extiw" title="en:Alfred, Lord Tennyson">Tennyson's</a>  work <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idylls_of_the_King" class="extiw" title="en:Idylls of the King"><i>Idylls of the King</i></a>.
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