Nigel Shuttleworth
Glastonbury Tor
The tower of St.Michael's is all that remains of the second Church dedicated to St. Michael, on the top of Glastonbury Tor. An earlier C11th timber church was destroyed by an earthquake on 11th. September 1275. The second St Michael's Church was built in the C14th by Abbot Adam of Sodbury, incorporating the foundations of the previous building. Its likely that the Monastery of St Michael on the Tor was a daughter house of Glastonbury Abbey. This Church survived until Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 when it was demolished, although for some reason the tower was left standing. Glastonbury Tor stands 158m above the surrounding Somerset Levels. Archeological excavations in 1892 revealed evidence of human occupation of the site going back at least 5,000 years. The Tor features prominently in the mythology of King Arthur. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film. 'RoidWeek Autumn 2022 Day 3,Photo 1.
Glastonbury Tor
The tower of St.Michael's is all that remains of the second Church dedicated to St. Michael, on the top of Glastonbury Tor. An earlier C11th timber church was destroyed by an earthquake on 11th. September 1275. The second St Michael's Church was built in the C14th by Abbot Adam of Sodbury, incorporating the foundations of the previous building. Its likely that the Monastery of St Michael on the Tor was a daughter house of Glastonbury Abbey. This Church survived until Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 when it was demolished, although for some reason the tower was left standing. Glastonbury Tor stands 158m above the surrounding Somerset Levels. Archeological excavations in 1892 revealed evidence of human occupation of the site going back at least 5,000 years. The Tor features prominently in the mythology of King Arthur. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film. 'RoidWeek Autumn 2022 Day 3,Photo 1.