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The Lady Chapel and Crypt Chapel of Joseph of Arimathea

The Lady Chapel was built after fire had destroyed the ‘Old Church’ in 1184. The exterior walls are still standing, but the exterior has lost much of its contrasting stonework…Read More >

The Lady Chapel and Crypt Chapel of Joseph of Arimathea

Imagining Glastonbury’s lost Romanesque Cloister

Among the treasure-trove of architectural fragments at the abbey is a collection of finely-carved blue-lias fragments which have long been regarded as part of Henry of Blois’ magnificent 12th-century cloister….Read More >

Imagining Glastonbury’s lost Romanesque Cloister

Reconstructing King Arthur’s tomb: the stuff of legends

Many visitors to Glastonbury Abbey today expect to see a visible monument to King Arthur, commemorating the popular belief that he was buried at Glastonbury in the 6th century. In…Read More >

Reconstructing King Arthur’s tomb: the stuff of legends

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