Ruined nave of Glastonbury Abbey church, burial place of "King Arthur & Guinevere", seen through the Galilee Chapel C13th Early English arch.
The ruined nave of Glastonbury Abbey church seen through the arch of the Galilee Chapel. In 1278 the bodies of 'King Arthur and Queen Guinevere' were transferred to a black marble tomb before the high altar of the new church in the presence of King Edward I and Queen Eleanor. Henry VIII dismantled the abbey in 1539 after having the 60th abbot, Richard Whiting, executed on Glastonbury Tor.
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Location: Glastonbury Abbey, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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