Bart Bear's Blog

These are photos of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, UK. The Oldies visited the ruins during their big trip in 2007. The abbey started out as a small church sometime in the 7th century. It survived both the Saxon and the Norman conquests of Britain and by the early 11th century it was the largest, richest and most powerful monastery and church in Britain. It was destroyed during the reign of King Henry VIII. The ruins are really impressive, so the abbey must have been really spectacular. Back in 1191 a fire destroyed lots of the buildings and in 1191 the monks claimed to have discovered the grave of King Arthur there. Nobody knows for sure if they did, but it sure increased the number of visitors to the abbey and helped the rebuilding program no end. There is a sign in the ruins that marks the place where the grave was claimed to be. Some people say that the ruins are haunted. I don't know about ghosts, but here is a picture of a strange creature that Mum saw lurking in the ruins.

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