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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. The...
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    related to Glastonbury Tor, concerning Joseph of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur. Joseph is said to have arrived in Glastonbury and stuck his...
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    hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor in 1539. From at least the 12th century, the Glastonbury area has been associated with the legend...
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    Avalon (category Glastonbury)
    Holy Grail. Avalon has often been identified as the former island of Glastonbury Tor. An early and long-standing belief involves the purported discovery...
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  • North Sea Tor Limestone, a geologic formation in Nevada El Tor, a strain of bacteria El Tor, Egypt, a city El Tor Airport Glastonbury Tor Tor-tor dance,...
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    Chalice Well (category Glastonbury)
    situated near the summit of Chalice Hill, a small hill next to Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The natural spring and surrounding gardens...
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    Mump and Glastonbury Tor—the lowland landscape was formed only during the last 10,000 years, following the end of the last ice age. Glastonbury Tor is composed...
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    county. In Arthurian legend, Avalon became associated with Glastonbury Tor when monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have discovered the bones of King Arthur...
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  • misses making "his great speech". Glastonbury Tor A hill near Glastonbury topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower. The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology...
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    Creech St Michael, Burrow Mump (also known as St Michael's Borough) and Glastonbury Tor. "Saint Michael the Archangel", Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Staudt...
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    earthquake is known for causing the destruction of St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor in Somerset. The annals of Waverley in Surrey report that the earthquake...
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    Richard Whiting (abbot) (category Abbots of Glastonbury)
    three were fastened upon hurdles and dragged by horses to the top of Glastonbury Tor which overlooks the town. Here they were hanged, drawn and quartered...
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  • Canal, England Glastonbury Tor, a hill near the English town Glastonbury and Street railway station, a former station in England Glastonbury, Connecticut...
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  • progress. In 1924, the group also obtained an old orchard at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, there erecting a hut and eventually a veranda and series of chalets...
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    known for its rich folklore, including the legend of King Arthur and Glastonbury Tor, as well as its traditions and customs. Cornwall has its own language...
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    The Glastonbury Festival (formally the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of...
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    The Glastonbury thorn is a form of common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora' (sometimes incorrectly called Crataegus oxyacantha var. praecox), found...
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    to Glastonbury Abbey, and was produced for or by John Arthur Thorne, a monk who was the treasurer at the abbey. Arthur perished on Glastonbury Tor in...
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  • filming locations in the county included Glastonbury Market Place and Glastonbury High Street, as well as Glastonbury Tor. Filming also took place in Buckinghamshire...
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    kilometres) southwest of Glastonbury. There is evidence of Roman occupation. Much of the history of the village is dominated by Glastonbury Abbey, and a 12th-century...
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    of Saint Collen), in which he and his retinue are vanquished from Glastonbury Tor with the use of holy water. According to the Speculum Christiani, a...
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    The three-tonne oak tree on top of the Glastonbury Tor lifted, and industrial workers emerged from both the Tor's brightly lit interior and the entrances...
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  • successful Bath businessman is found in a shallow grave in the shadow of Glastonbury Tor. The detective duo's first suspect is local artist Hector Ingham, although...
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  • believed to have been originally part of a ceremonial avenue towards the Glastonbury Tor, the avenue was cut down in 1906 to make way for a farm, with the timber...
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    Levels. From the top of the hills on a clear day, it is possible to see Glastonbury Tor and the Mendips to the east, Wales as far as the Gower Peninsula to...
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    Blackdown Hills, Dorset Downs, Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase. Glastonbury Tor, although of only modest height (158 m [518 ft]), is significant for...
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    King Arthur (category Burials at Glastonbury Abbey)
    victory at Badon Hill, attributed to Arthur by Nennius. The monks of Glastonbury are also said to have discovered the grave of Arthur in 1180. The other...
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  • Byron Bay The Family Glastonbury – is particularly notable for the myths and legends surrounding a nearby hill, Glastonbury Tor, which rises up from the...
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    Tor Leisure Ground, previously known as Morlands Athletic Ground until 1986, is a former first-class cricket ground located in Glastonbury, Somerset. It...
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  • Arthurian legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Glastonbury Tor was visible from the cottage, and Steinbeck also visited the nearby...
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