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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Stonehenge, Camelot, Glastonbury, Lyonesse, Annwn, Avalon, Sites and places associated with Arthurian legend, Bodmin Moor, Tintagel, Glastonbury Tor, Caerleon, Dinas Emrys, Glastonbury Abbey, Tintagel Castle, Carmarthen, Cadbury Castle, Somerset, Bardon Hill, Caledonian Forest, Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, Isca Augusta, Slaughterbridge, Paimpont forest, Castle an Dinas, St Columb Major, Broceliande, Celliwig, Corbenic, Chalice Well, Dozmary Pool, Arthuret, Astolat, Bedegraine, Castle Dore, Llanuwchllyn, Logres, King Arthur's Hall, Tintagel, Sarras, Pen Rhionydd, Mount Killaraus, Val sans Retour, Canoel, Listeneise. Excerpt: Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,784 in the 2001 census. Glastonbury is less than 1 mile (2 km) across the River Brue from the village of Street. Evidence from timber trackways such as the Sweet Track show that the town has been inhabited since Neolithic times. Glastonbury Lake Village was an Iron Age village, close to the old course of the River Brue and Sharpham Park approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Glastonbury, dates back to the Bronze Age. Centwine was the first Saxon patron of Glastonbury Abbey, which dominated the town for the next 700 years. One of the most important abbeys in England, it was the site of Edmund Ironside's coronation as King of England in 1016. Many of the oldest surviving buildings in the town, including the Tribunal, George Hotel and Pilgrims' Inn and the Somerset Rural Life Museum, which is based in an old tithe barn, are associated with the abbey. The Church of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century. The town became a centre for commerce, which led to the construction of the market...
