GlastonburyArticle Free Pass Glastonbury, town (“parish”),
Mendip district, administrative and historic county of Somerset,
Eng. It is situated on the slopes of a group of hills that rise
from the Brue Valley to a tor (peak) of 522 feet (159 metres).
Low mounds 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Glastonbury were found in
1892 to contain remains of prehistoric Iron Age dwellings.
These, together with two other famous groups of mounds at Meare,
3.75 miles (6 km) northwest of Glastonbury, were excavated early
in the 20th century. At the time of habitation the dwellings
stood on low-lying ground of peat bogs and watercourses. The
types of pottery found indicate occupation from about 60 bce
until about the time of the Roman invasions of the 1st century
ce; the site of Meare was reoccupied during the 4th century. The
Abbot’s Tribunal, Glastonbury, houses some of the objects
discovered during excavation. The Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary
at Glastonbury was perhaps the oldest and certainly one of the
richest in England. Leg