Glastonbury Legends

Deep in the Somerset levels lies the sleepy little market town of Glastonbury, with its ancient streets and ruins of its once great Abbey. This town lays claim, however, to some of the most astonishing traditions in the world.

It is widely believed that that it is here that St Joseph of Arimathea came here bearing the Cup Of The Last Supper and founded in the centre of the community a holy place that became the first place of Christian worship above ground in the world. It is also stated that here lies the body of the fabled Arthur and Guenivere his queen.

On the outskirts of the town lie the Chalice Well where some say that Joseph buried The Holy Grail and where the water runs always runs red. The well is at the foot of Glastonbury Tor an enormous hill with an ancient maze cut into its side that was once an ancient processional route. The Tor is one of the most fascinating sites in Britain and figures largely in the country's folklore.

Many believe it to be one of the "Hollow Hills" or gateways to the Celtic other-world, a realm said to exist on a dimension and time parallel to our own and ruled over by the mysterious king "Gwynn ap Nudd", it is identified by many as "Faerie" a land often mentioned in Celtic and medieval folklore.