The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.  This famous abbey was destroyed during the Reformation.  The Glastonbury Thorn tree growing in the grounds is reputed to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Aremethea when he plunged it into the ground on arrival from the Holy Land with the Holy Grail.   It only blossoms at Christmas and the blooms are, by tradition, plucked and sent to the Monarch on Christmas Day.  In this picture you see Liane standing in front of a chained off grave.  The placard adjacent to it says: "Site of King Arthur's Tomb.  In the year 1191 the bodies of King Arthur and his Queen were said to have been found on the southside of the Lady Chapel.  On 19th April 1278 their remains were removed in the presence of King Edward I and Queen Eleanor to a black marble tomb on this site.  The tomb survived until the dissolution of the Abbey in 1539."   Click Here for Back to Selection