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Margaret beneath the Glastonbury Thorn. According to legend, a descendant of the tree which grew from Joseph of Arimathea's staff when planted by him in the ground at Glastonbury. This tree is not native to England; others similar to it are found in Syria. Geoffrey Ashe suggests that the original was "brought back [to England] by a pilgrim in the Middle Ages" (A Guidebook to Arthurian Britain. Longman, 1980; Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, 1983. 112).
Click on the items below to link to photographs of Glastonbury Abbey.
.Tor from Abbey grounds.
St. Mary's crypt.
View east through Galilee.
Ruined nave and choir.
Weathered carving.
Abbot's kitchen: exterior.
Abbot's kitchen: interior.
Ruined nave.
Site of Arthur's original grave.
Site of Arthur's tomb 1.
Site of Arthur's tomb 2.
Glastonbury thorn.
St. Mary's crypt.
View east through Galilee.
Ruined nave and choir.
Weathered carving.
Abbot's kitchen: exterior.
Abbot's kitchen: interior.
Ruined nave.
Site of Arthur's original grave.
Site of Arthur's tomb 1.
Site of Arthur's tomb 2.
Glastonbury thorn.
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