Landscape Mysteries
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- Episode
- The Terraces of Avalon
- Broadcast Info
- 2003 (29 mins)
- Description
- One of the mysteries surrounding Glastonbury has been the origin of a series of stepped terraces on the Tor. They may have been part of a Neolithic maze, or possibly fortifications built by King Arthur on his Isle of Avalon.
Professor Aubrey Manning explores whether there is a connection between the terraces and the myths and legends which permeate this area. A new geophysical survey of the Tor helps Aubrey assess the evidence as he looks for clues in the history of the surrounding countryside. But it is the once-prosperous abbey at the base of the Tor which points Aubrey towards a link he hadn’t suspected between the terraces and the Glastonbury myths.
Glastonbury terraces tor Neolithic worship neolithic maze fortifications King-Arthur geophysical survey strip farming Glastonbury Abbey monks land reclamation Somerset Levels - Genre
- History; Geology; Natural History
How to cite this record
The Open University, "Landscape Mysteries". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/6768 (Accessed 11 Jan 2025)