Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
Glastonbury is by tradition the oldest monastic foundation in England. It is believed to contain the burial place of King Arthur. A monastery was founded during the early 8th century by Ine on the site of a possible 5th/6th century monastery and Celtic vallum monasterii (an earthwork or wall). Little is known of the monastery until 940 when it was refounded as a Benedictine Abbey by St Dunstan. The standing remains belong to the great abbey church rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1184. The abbey was dissolved in 1539 after the abbot, Richard Whyting and 2 of his monks had been executed on top of Glastonbury Tor for alleged treason. More Info
Location
Somerset GlastonburyPeriod
Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)Themes
