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Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. [2] The site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument .
Glastonbury has been described as having a New Age community, [6] and possibly being where New Age beliefs originated at the turn of the twentieth century. [7] It is notable for myths and legends often related to Glastonbury Tor, concerning Joseph of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur.
The thorn on Wearyall Hill, before its branches were cut off by vandals in 2010. Glastonbury Tor is in the background.. The Glastonbury thorn is a form of common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora' [1] (sometimes incorrectly called Crataegus oxyacantha var. praecox), found in and around Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
Glastonbury Tor is a hill which features the roofless St. Michael's Tower. [66] The Tor has a striking location in the middle of a plain called the Summerland Meadows, part of the Somerset Levels. The plain is actually reclaimed fenland out of which the Tor once rose like an island but now is a peninsula washed on three sides by the River Brue.
St. Michael's Tower, Glastonbury, a landmark tower on Glastonbury Tor; St Michael's Tower, Gloucester, a preserved church tower in Gloucester, England; St Michael's Tower, Montacute, a folly tower in Montacute, Somerset
The epicentre of the earthquake is unknown. [4] Despite contemporary reports that assume the damage at Glastonbury Tor prove a Somerset epicentre, [10] it is unlikely that the epicentre was in the county, [2] and the destruction of the church is more likely attributed to the church's exposed position atop a steep and narrow hill. [2]
English: Glastonbury Tor (hill in Glastonbury, Somerset, England) Wikidata has entry Glastonbury Tor (Q1412726) with data related to this item. Date:
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