Glastonbury Abbey

[poliphilo]

The Lady Chapel



King Herod and the massacre of the innocents, over the north door of the Lady Chapel



The Abbey church with the Refectory undercroft in the foreground



The Abbey church looking east



The Abbot's kitchen- the only building on site to remain intact. It was used for a time as a Quaker Meeting House.

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[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

I had quite an experience near the Abbot's kitchen when I was there in 1995. Glastonbury was busy being all New Age-y and stuff and it was bustling and noisy, but I was wandering around looking at the ruins, got very close to the kitchens and all of a sudden, everything went extremely quiet and stayed that way until I moved back towards the entrance way. Didn't care for the town in general, loved the ruins.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The ruins are the heart of Glastonbury, I think. There's something very real there.

The town is fun- if you like that sort of thing, which I do- only you mustn't take it too seriously.