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The Holy Thorn at the Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Joseph of Arimathea arrived in Britain he is said to have landed on the island of Avalon (aka Glastonbury) and climbed up to Wearyall Hill. Exhausted, he thrust his staff into the ground and rested. By morning his staff had taken root and grown into a miraculous thorn tree that bloomed twice a year. Descendants of this tree survive in Glastonbury today, including one at the abbey. Every year the Queen is sent a budded branch at Christmas that comes from the thorn in St John\u2019s Churchyard in Glastonbury.<\/p>\n

Find out more about the myths of Glastonbury Abbey and how archaeology has contributed to our understanding of them on our Digital Glastonbury Abbey pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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