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Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey Review
The ruins of this great abbey, in the center of town, are on the site where, according to legend, Joseph of Arimathea built a church in the 1st century. A monastery had certainly been erected here by the 9th century, and the site drew many pilgrims. The ruins are those of the abbey completed in 1524 and destroyed in 1539, during Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. A sign south of the Lady Chapel marks the sites where Arthur and Guinevere were supposedly buried. The visitor center has a scale model of the abbey as well as carvings and decorations salvaged from the ruins.
- Address: Magdalene St., Glastonbury, BA6 9EL | Map It
- Phone: 01458/832267
- Cost: £6
- Hours: Mar.--May, daily 9--6; June--Aug., daily 9--9; Sept.--Nov., daily 9--5; Dec.--Feb., daily 9--4; last admission 30 mins before closing.
- Website: www.glastonburyabbey.com
- Location: Glastonbury
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