Friday 12 July 2013

The Tower


On the top of Glastonbury Tor you will find this tower which was part of a church built in the 15th century. It fell into disrepair after the dissolution of the monastery when the last abbot was hung on the Tor.


Taking part in Skywatch Friday

11 comments:

  1. Well, I'm glad they at least saved and preserved this remnant. I'm intrigued about abbot now.

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    1. Here you can read about the poor fellow here.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whiting_%28Abbot%29

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  2. The age and history amaze me. Wonderful pictures!

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  3. I like These Kind of photos ... the look from the bottom to the top !!

    Wonderful :)

    Greetings

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  4. Wonderful shots. Happy sky watching.

    My sky.

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  5. Such sunny pictures for the grim ending of the abbot!

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