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Extract from the Glastonbury Travel Guides:
Six miles south of Wells, and reachable from there in twenty minutes on frequent buses,
GLASTONBURY
lies at the centre of the so-called
Isle of Avalon
, a region rich with mystical associations. At the heart of it all is the early Christian legend that the young Christ once visited this site, a story that is not as far-fetched as it sounds. The Romans had a heavy presence in the area, mining lead in the Mendips, and one of these mines was owned by
Joseph of Arimathea
, a well-to-do merchant said to have been related to Mary. It's not inconceivable that the merchant took his kinsman on one of his many...
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