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Tor & Ancient Marsh
Glastonbury Tor Rises Above Ancient Flooded Marsh On The Somerset Levels
Somerset’s old English name translates “Land of the Somerset People”
This is due that a large part of the land was wetland marsh only liveable during the summer months when dry enough.
Glastonbury Tor is the iconic landmark of Somerset.
Glastonbury Tor hill is topped by the roofless Grade 1 tower called St Michael's Tower.
The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology, and more famously in myths linked to King Arthur.
The National Trust manages the site and explains on their website some of the myths linked to the site.
Beneath the hill, it is said, that there is a hidden cave through which you can pass into the fairy realm of Annwn. There dwells the lord of the Celtic underworld Gwyn ab Nudd with the Cauldron of Rebirth.
Later tradition has it that here lies the Holy Grail brought here by Jesus’s uncle, Joseph of Arimathea.
The Cauldron and the Grail were both the object of quests for King Arthur and his knights.
Glastonbury has a long tradition of being ‘The Isle of Avalon’ where King Arthur went after his last battle.
The monks of Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have actually found his grave in 1191.
Jesus is said to have come to Glastonbury as a boy, traveling here with Joseph of Arimathea.
Joseph was a tin merchant and had traveled to the South-West for this valuable metal.
This legend inspired William Blake to write the famous poem ‘Jerusalem’;
This gives you some insight into why so many are drawn to the site.
For this image, I wanted to create a glimpse of how this majestic site may have appeared when it was surrounded by ancient flooded marshland.
I wanted to show it emerging from the flat moorland as the ancient isle of Avalon.
Tor & Ancient Marsh
Glastonbury Tor Rises Above Ancient Flooded Marsh On The Somerset Levels
Somerset’s old English name translates “Land of the Somerset People”
This is due that a large part of the land was wetland marsh only liveable during the summer months when dry enough.
Glastonbury Tor is the iconic landmark of Somerset.
Glastonbury Tor hill is topped by the roofless Grade 1 tower called St Michael's Tower.
The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology, and more famously in myths linked to King Arthur.
The National Trust manages the site and explains on their website some of the myths linked to the site.
Beneath the hill, it is said, that there is a hidden cave through which you can pass into the fairy realm of Annwn. There dwells the lord of the Celtic underworld Gwyn ab Nudd with the Cauldron of Rebirth.
Later tradition has it that here lies the Holy Grail brought here by Jesus’s uncle, Joseph of Arimathea.
The Cauldron and the Grail were both the object of quests for King Arthur and his knights.
Glastonbury has a long tradition of being ‘The Isle of Avalon’ where King Arthur went after his last battle.
The monks of Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have actually found his grave in 1191.
Jesus is said to have come to Glastonbury as a boy, traveling here with Joseph of Arimathea.
Joseph was a tin merchant and had traveled to the South-West for this valuable metal.
This legend inspired William Blake to write the famous poem ‘Jerusalem’;
This gives you some insight into why so many are drawn to the site.
For this image, I wanted to create a glimpse of how this majestic site may have appeared when it was surrounded by ancient flooded marshland.
I wanted to show it emerging from the flat moorland as the ancient isle of Avalon.