Glastonbury Tor

An enigmatic hill that has been manually shaped in some prehistoric time. Unlike a hillfort, the spiral ridges that encircle the hill do not seem to provide a viable defensive structure. It has been reckoned to be a processional route with mutterings of ‘ritual’. Or by others as the embrace of the great dragon.

Glastonbury Tor is also said to be the mythical Isle of Avalon to which King Arthur was said to be removed after his last battle. The author Dion Fortune remarked that the hill is an island when surrounded by a low-lying mist, and there are large wetlands nearby today.

The tower on Glastonbury Tor is the remains of St Michaels Church – possibly late 13th Century ; a Grade I listed building which also has a legend attached that the church was built to Christianize the formerly Pagan site but that the church was repeatedly destroyed after being rebuilt several times and that only the tower remained – being a Pagan symbol.