Hypothetical51.1450° N · 2.7040° W · -10 m
Avalon – Isle of Apples and Glastonbury Tor Legendary Island
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Literary 12th c. (Geoffrey) – 15th c. Malory·Cornish-Welsh Celtic / Anglo-Norman·🇬🇧 Somerset, Glastonbury Tor and Somerset Levels, United Kingdom
About
About Avalon – Isle of Apples and Glastonbury Tor Legendary Island
Geoffrey of Monmouth 1136 Otherworld isle where Excalibur forged, Arthur taken after Camlann to be healed by Morgan le Fay. Equated 1191 by Glastonbury Abbey monks to Glastonbury Tor – tidal island in Avalon Marshes.
Why it mattersLiterary mapping of Welsh afal to Somerset Levels demonstrates monastic forgery economics.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01myst
Theories
- 01theory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Literary
- Period
- Literary 12th c. (Geoffrey) – 15th c. Malory
- Culture
- Cornish-Welsh Celtic / Anglo-Norman
- Builders
- Cornish-Welsh Celtic
- Purpose
- Geoffrey of Monmouth 1136 Otherworld isle where Excalibur forged, Arthur taken after Camlann to be healed by Morgan le F...
- Abandoned
- Abandoned
- Rediscovered
- Survey
- Excavation
- Not applicable
On the ground
Structures & features
51.1450° N · 2.7040° W · -10 m · 1 mapped feature
avalon-glastonbury-tor center
centerGeoffrey of Monmouth 1136 Othe
51.1450° N · 2.7040° W