A new footbridge allows travellers and local visitors to walk between two halves on the Tintagel Castle near Cornwell in England for the first time in more than 500 years.
The bridge, which consists of thousands of tightly-packed slate tiles, spans a 58m gorge and lies 57m above sea level. It allows people to move between sections of the 13th-century a medieval castle built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall and was opened to the public towards the end of last year.
The original land bridge of rock, earth and grass disintegrated sometime around the 15th or 16th century, according to Afar and people who wanted to see both sides of the castle had to make their way down and up steep staircases in the cliff faces which were connected by a small bridge. This caused a fair amount of congestion with waiting times of up to 45 minutes during the peak summer season when up to 3,000 people visit the site, associated with the legend of King Arthur, according to The Guardian.
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