plan of dark age features on glastonbury tor

The song Jerusalem is said to have been based on a legend that Jesus visited Glastonbury as a child. On nearby Wearyall Hill, Joseph’s staff is said to have blossomed into the Glastonbury Thorn.

At the Tor’s base, under the Chalice Well, Joseph of Arimithea, the Jew who arranged for the burial of Jesus, is said to have buried the Holy Grail. Some believe the Tor is Ynys Wydryn, or Ineswitrin, the Isle of Glass – though this name is more usually associated with Glastonbury itself. It was Merlin’s stronghold and where the sword Excalibur was forged. It is Ynys Avallach or Ynys yr Afalon, the Isle of Avalon. It is the home of Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the Fairies and Lord of the Otherworld. Mysterious Glastonbury Tor, a natural feature rising some 500 feet above the watery Somerset Levels, has been a sacred site since before the Romans came. But there are still places where it is sometimes hard to tell where fact ends and fiction begins. Last Updated on 10th November 2021 by Britain is a more illusive place than it once was.

Plan of dark age features on glastonbury tor