The Tribunal, Glastonbury
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The Tribunal in Glastonbury
, Somerset
, England was built in the 15th century as a medieval merchant's house. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The house owes its name to the fact that it was formerly mistakenly identified with the Abbey’s tribunals, where secular justice was administered. In the 16th century a new facade was added to the original building. It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage
and managed by Glastonbury Tribunal Ltd.
possessions and works of art from the Glastonbury Lake Village
which were preserved in almost perfect condition in the peat after the village was abandoned. The museum is run by the Glastonbury Antiquarian Society.
The building also houses the tourist information centre.
Glastonbury
Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,784 in the 2001 census...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England was built in the 15th century as a medieval merchant's house. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The house owes its name to the fact that it was formerly mistakenly identified with the Abbey’s tribunals, where secular justice was administered. In the 16th century a new facade was added to the original building. It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
and managed by Glastonbury Tribunal Ltd.
Glastonbury Lake Village Museum
The Tribunal now houses the Glastonbury Lake Village Museum containing Iron AgeBritish Iron Age
The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron-Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, and which had an independent Iron Age culture of...
possessions and works of art from the Glastonbury Lake Village
Glastonbury Lake Village
Glastonbury Lake Village was an iron age village on the Somerset Levels near Godney, some north west of Glastonbury, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and covers an area of north to south by east to west....
which were preserved in almost perfect condition in the peat after the village was abandoned. The museum is run by the Glastonbury Antiquarian Society.
The building also houses the tourist information centre.
External links
- Glastonbury Lake Village Museum - information and photos at Glastonbury Antiquarian Society
- Glastonbury Lake Village Museum - Glastonbury Tourist Information, visiting information
- History and research Glastonbury Tribunal: English Heritage