Talk:Glastonbury Tor

message: The mystical significance of the place continued into the Middle Ages, when it was celebrated by an annual Tor Fair. Would anyone be upset if I removed this line, here since 2002? Medieval fairs did not celebrate mystical significance. They were carefully controlled by ordinances. The fair being thought of here is the Glastonbury Fair, a rockfest Woodstockish happening in a nearby village, only since 1971. Has anyone a reference to a medieval Glastonbury fair? Wetman 00:02, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll remove it now. Philip 20:05, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Glastonbury Fair

message: I checked the height of Glastonbury Tor with the report of the National Trust  which gave the height of the Tor only in metres. I did not find any figures for the prominence of the Tor above the countryside but reversed the order of the measures. This time I did not use the convert template because it gave a reading that appeared to be accurate only to the nearest 10 feet.  Michael Glass (talk) 03:30, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height of Glastonbury Tor  

message: This article was AfD'd in September and closed with a result of a merge.  The merge was never done, so I went ahead and redirected the article here. I didn't reintroduce any of the material because all of the points appear too trivial for an encyclopedic understanding of this subject.  If anyone wants to develop a cited and relevant "in popular culture" section you might want to view the history of the pop culture article as a place to start. ThemFromSpace 19:38, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good decision. --Simple Bob (talk) 23:13, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Glastonbury Tor in popular culture]] 

message: Why is the main picture one of the tor during maintenance? surely someone has a better photo than that?!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.30.197.224 (talk) 00:34, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  picture 

message: How come this article is within wikipedia project islands? How to take it off the list?
John of Cromer in China (talk) mytime= Mon 16:44, wikitime=  08:44, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not an island 

message: Hi Rod, I had a go on the first section and have tried to fix some of the wording based on what you have put (which may need to be checked for accuracy). I have removed a tiny amount of POV and an overlink. Paragraphs should end in a citation; it pains me to add the ugly tags, but it looks like you have the sources, so these shouldn't last all that long.  I have left you some hidden comments and will watchlist the page, so no need to add those blasted talk page reminders on my talk.  On the whole, it looks ok, and I'm happy to work one section at a time.  I would like to think Eric will be following on from me and fixing anything that I get wrong. Happy editing! -- CassiantoTalk 22:37, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks your copy editing has certainly helped. I've dealt with a few hidden comments by rewording to (hopefully) make the meaning clearer, and added some references. The next section on terraces I've added some citation needed tags previously as these are for claims (about livestock erosion and the effort involved in defensive rings) for which I can't find sources, and have left from the previous text - can anyone help?— Rod talk 20:24, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

text: Thanks again. I find your hidden comments and questions very helpful in identifying what is unclear & hopefully these have now been addressed (C3rd BC = Ralegh Radford while Dark Ages = Philip Rahtz for Ponter's Ball Dyke).— Rod talk 21:14, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Gald to help.  More tomorrow I hope!  -- CassiantoTalk 22:34, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Rodw, I left you a hidden comment on the "Terraces" section.  -- CassiantoTalk 08:57, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

text: Interesting article, i'll try to help a bit with reference formatting and minor prose stuff. But will leave the big topic questions to the experts :). GermanJoe (talk) 09:11, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

text: Its ok, I get it now.  I have edited it and tweaked the prose a little to make it more understandable.  Get back to me if this is wrong. -- CassiantoTalk 12:45, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks - looks fine to me.— Rod talk 14:27, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy edit 

message: Why are we using Mann so much? We've got Mann, John Michel and Geoffrey Russell suggesting that maybe there was a neolithic labyrinth pattern on the Tor. Of course we have to ignore the link to Caerdroia which says "In medieval times a Caerdroia was a turf labyrinth" and Labyrinth#Medieval labyrinths and turf mazes to assume neolithic, and the fact that " given the amount of occupation since then, there may have been substantial modifications by farmers and/or monks and conclusive excavations have not been carried out" is linked to Hutton who does discuss the possibility of a prehistoric maze but then says "A third interpretation of the terraces is that they do indeed represent a spiral walkway, but of medieval date and constructed for pilgrims ascending to the church on the summit; such ritual pathways, linked to the Stations of the Cross, are used to this day in Roman Catholic countries. Fairly similar concentric terraces may be detected around the famous Anglo-Saxon monastery at Whitby in Yorkshire." Rather selective I'd say. Dougweller (talk) 19:01, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: That whole section does open with "Their formation remains a mystery". Most authors seem skeptical about the labyrinth, but because so many have included the idea I think it needs to be included in the article. How would you suggest it should be improved?— Rod talk 19:25, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably base it as much as possible on Hutton, a respected academic (and a Pagan). Dougweller (talk) 21:24, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have Huttons book but have looked at the pages from Chapter 3 which are available in full text on Google books and still fail to see quite what you are suggesting as a revision. Do you think more weight should be given to the theory of a medieval walkway or am I missing your point?— Rod talk 13:33, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

text: Could you draft a paragraph on this and add to the article?— Rod talk 15:49, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a sentence suggesting this theory.— Rod talk 12:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terraces and Nicholas Mann 

message: Surprised to see no mention of this chap and his thorny staff: , , , , etc etc Martinevans123 (talk) 21:27, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Why are you surprised?  Eric Corbett 21:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: See Glastonbury Thorn which is on a different hill.— Rod talk 21:38, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I knew that, but clearly Martin didn't, hence my question.  Eric Corbett 21:41, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

text: Clearly, like this TV s'leb, who hosts a certain well-known quiz show. Thanks for the link, Rod. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:19, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Joseph of Arimathea]] 

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