Cornwall, land of blue skies and beaches, holiday homes, bird watchers and biking expeditions,

a picturesque corner of Britain, and a part of England for over a thousand years.

Yet, underneath the for over a thousand years.

Yet, underneath the surface, a different culture still clings on here. A different language, traditions and folklore.

Testament to the Celtic rulers who once held sway.

For in reality, this rugged land has more in common with Brittany and Wales than it does England.

For the Cornish, the open sea, flanking to north and south, has always been a highway, not a barrier.

It's the same today, just as it was in ancient times.

The landscape here is starkly beautiful.

Peaceful coves, rolling hills and wild moors.

Amidst ancient hedgerows and field boundaries,

some of them dating back thousands upon thousands of years

to the Bronze Age and earlier.

Unusual vegetation holds sway too.

Vegetation that grows nowhere else on the island, as a result of the warm weather of the Gulf Stream.

Yet such is the remoteness of the place. The rocky ground unsuited for industrial scale agriculture.

Few large modern settlements grew up here, leaving castles, ancient hill forts and stone circles still

standing on the landscape, unchanged for millennia.

In recent years, excavations at prominent sites like Tintagal Castle,

famous in Arthurian legend as the birthplace of the mythic king,

revealed early medieval trade links all across Europe and beyond.

For during that so-called Dark Age following the Roman withdrawal from Britain,

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