Facts about Somerset
Glastonbury Abbey.
Every year, people from over seventy countries on six different continents
visit the sacred site of Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset, England. Many
of the modern-day pilgrims who come to Glastonbury now, at the turn of
the 21st Century, take part in the services and rituals which continue
the Abbey's important tradition as a living church.
Every week throughout the year, services are held in the remains of the Abbey's
great medieval monastery or under the roof of St Patrick's Chapel.
Wookey
Hole Caves and Papermill are situated at Wookey Hole, Wells, in the beautiful
Somerset Mendip Hills, in South West England.
A Cave tour matches breathtaking underground scenery, carved out by the
mysterious River Axe, with a delightful mix of fact, legend and folklore,
including the story of the famous witch. Dramatic lighting effects make
it an even more exhilarating experience.
Even the earliest men who lived in the valley of Wookey Hole 50,000 years
ago, hunting bear and rhinoceros with stone weapons, must have been in
awe of the great caves for they had already existed for millions of years.
When, much later, the Celtic peoples of the Iron Age were
moving into Britain, they found the caves a safe and even comfortable place
to live - inside, the temperature is a constant 11° Celsius. Yet by
the 15th century only bones, broken pottery and legends remained.
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