• Glastonbury Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey near Glastonbury in the county of Somerset, England south of Wells.
  • The abbey and its extensive grounds (over 30 acres) lie just south of Glastonbury city centre, and are accessed, on the west side, from Magdalene Street.
  • Glastonbury Abbey. From the Catholic Encyclopedia. [GLESTINGABURH; called also YNISWITRIN (Isle of Glass) and AVALON (Isle of Apples)].
  • Glastonbury Abbey was founded in the 7th century. There are legends that Glastonbury was a religious center in Celtic or even pre-Celtic times.
  • M C Siraut, A T Thacker, Elizabeth Williamson, 'Glastonbury: Abbey', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 9, Glastonbury and Street .
  • In 1191AD, the monks of Glastonbury Abbey discovered the remains of Arthur and Guinevere buried a short distance to the south of the Lady Chapel.
  • 2Locations within Glastonbury Abbey. ... Glastonbury Abbey is the ruins of a monastery, located in Glastonbury , England .
  • The Glastonbury Abbey is full of history, including the alleged site of King Arthur's grave and the Glastonbury Thorn.
  • Though no more than a ruined sanctuary today, Glastonbury Abbey was once one of the wealthiest and most prestigious monasteries in England.
  • Glastonbury Abbey reconstruction created for the Architectural Visualisation course at Bournemouth University.