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Chalice Well

Glastonbury, Somerset

A red-water spring said to hide the Holy Grail.

At the foot of Glastonbury Tor, a spring has flowed for at least 2,000 years, its water tinted red by iron. Legend says Joseph of Arimathea hid the cup of the Last Supper, the Holy Grail, nearby, and the red water is the blood of Christ.

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When
Ancient
Where
51.1440, -2.7060
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

The gardens are open daily for a small fee. You can drink the water from the lion's head fountain.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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