Ros Kennerley
@drroskennerley.bsky.social
Chair of IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group (https://small-mammals.org/), based at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust | interested in conservation in general, but threatened mammals & birds in particular | Views are my own.
After dodging the various crystal and witchcraft shops and homeopathic offerings of Glastonbury, we headed up to the Tor for some spectacular views over the levels. It was a time for reflecting on the huge changes that have happened to this landscape over the last two thousand or so years.
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
After dodging the various crystal and witchcraft shops and homeopathic offerings of Glastonbury, we headed up to the Tor for some spectacular views over the levels. It was a time for reflecting on the huge changes that have happened to this landscape over the last two thousand or so years.
We also stopped off at Meare Fish House, the only surviving monastic fishery building in England. The lakes in early times produced large amounts of valuable fish for trading, so much so that in the 14th century Glastonbury Abbey built the house for fish-salting and drying.
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We also stopped off at Meare Fish House, the only surviving monastic fishery building in England. The lakes in early times produced large amounts of valuable fish for trading, so much so that in the 14th century Glastonbury Abbey built the house for fish-salting and drying.
This might seem like a somewhat underwhelming humpy field now, but it was once the site of Glastonbury Lake Village (avalonmarshes.org/heritage/gla...). During the excavation of this important Iron Age site, many pelican bones were discovered!
February 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This might seem like a somewhat underwhelming humpy field now, but it was once the site of Glastonbury Lake Village (avalonmarshes.org/heritage/gla...). During the excavation of this important Iron Age site, many pelican bones were discovered!