Glastonbury Tor, UK
From series “15 Historical Monuments, with Riddles not yet Solved”Height: 145 m.
In the English county of Somerset has placed a mysterious Glastonbury Tor. A lot of legends and mysteries are connected with it. In the Medieval time there was built the stone Church of St Michael. Nowadays on the top of the hill we can see a wonderful church’s tower. One legend is that this old tower is the entrance to the Avalon, another says that near the tower was buried the King Arthur and his wife.
Today Glastonbury Hill is one of the main scarify places for Christians. It is still visited by a great number of pilgrims. Lots of people think that under the hill has placed a complex system of the undergrounds. It is strongly believed that there is hidden the main Christian relic – The Holy Grail. Recently the researchers succeed to deduce that the hill stepped terraces were made artificially about 2 000 years ago. Thanks to the numerous pilgrims’ stories, this place covers with mysteries day by day. One of them claim that when they come from the hill back all serious diseases leave the body. More than that, near the hill were fixed a lot of nature and physical abnormality. 
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Fuel station: 'Morrisons' in 1.46 km
Supermarket: 'Herbs of Avalon' in 1.03 km
Parking: 'St Dunstan's Car Park' in 1.32 km
Apotheek: 'Boots Pharmacy' in 1.17 km
Police station: 'Street Police Station - Avon and Somerset Police' in 4.17 km
Cafe/restaurant: 'Oriental Chef' in 1.08 km
Railway station: 'Castle Cary' in 13 km
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