This section is in constant development. Last updated 24th May 2006.

If you know any of the sites featured here, you are welcome to add to this guide. Please send text and pictures to (see below for copyright and format details).

Ancient and sacred sites around Glastonbury

This is a guide containing information and impressions about the notable sacred sites – Megalithic, Celtic, British-Roman and Medieval – in Mid-Somerset, plus a few others further afield.

One purpose is to encourage you to visit these places and gain a good 'feel' for the sacred landscape of these parts.

Not all of these sites are thought of as sacred sites, yet their atmosphere and landscape position make them so – examples being Brean Down, Crook Peak and Westbury Beacon.

Simply click any of the places on the scrollbar or on the maps on the left, to cruise around this guide.

Not all of these sites are easily accessible from the road. Accessibility notes and simple directions are included. Use of an OS map is advised.

The maps in this section are extracted from the Map of the Ancient Landscape around Glastonbury by Palden Jenkins, published by Gothic Image of Glastonbury. Click here for the complete large map (450k, 1400px wide).

The watery areas weren't necessarily open seawater throughout history, though they were so around 5000-4000 BCE. During Megalithic, Celtic and Medieval times they were marshland, with pools and rivers, varying in extent according to water levels at the time. They were quite inaccessible and largely uninhabitable throughout the ancient-to-medieval period.

This section is compiled by Palden Jenkins and various contributors. You're welcome to contribute reports, comments and pictures if you know any of the places included in this section.

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Text. Text of any length, from a few paragraphs upwards, is welcome, concerning any of the sites mentioned here. You may add comments, historical or folkloric information, personal impressions, theories and pictures, whether historical-archaeological, esoteric, lyrical or visionary. Material might be sensitively re-edited to improve readability or to draw out important or relevant points.

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