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Another view of Glastonbury Tor , at winter solstice .

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devonman · 61-69, M
Glastonbury Tor, has spooked people for thousands of years.
A lonely tower on a flat featureless landscape , that was once under the sea
A place of execution, a spiritual magnet for worship , pagan and Christian and yes , love making. . Plenty of new age types claim their child was conceived on the Tor .
Many tales have been told through the ages, partly due to its position on ley lines .To those who believe in them .
The tales have been embellished, , leaving the truth mostly lost.

Tradition has it that the Holy Grail lies here, brought by Jesus’ uncle, Joseph of Arimathea.

The Isle of Avalon
Glastonbury has a long tradition of being ‘The Isle of Avalon’ where King Arthur went after his last battle. The monks of Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have found his grave in 1191.
Jesus is said to have come to Glastonbury as a boy, travelling here with Joseph of Arimathea. Joseph was a tin merchant and had travelled to England's south west for this valuable metal.

The tower has not always stood on the Tor. It's all that remains of the 14th-century church of St Michael. It replaced a church destroyed by an earthquake, before that the Romans made use of this hilltop.

Though now only a tower, there are carvings that survive to give some idea of how it was decorated. One of the carvings is of St Bridget milking a cow.

During the Reformation, when Glastonbury Abbey was suppressed, the tower was witness to a grisly scene.
The last Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Richard Whiting, was hung, drawn and quartered here along with two of his monks in 1539
The hill rises 158 metres above the surrounding flat land and rewards those on the top with a fine 360-degree view.

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@devonman all of this is EXACTLY why I need to visit, to be there. To feel everything you've just stated.
I really need to pay this place a visit. It's been calling me for awhile.
Nimbus · M
It's a good walk up that there hill :)
Very beautiful...wow!

 
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