August
11
/ 2023
The village of Glastonbury in Somerset, southwestern England, plans to open a tourism complex at the St. Bride's Mound historical site, discovered to contain the oldest Christian monastic ruins ever found in England. The ruins date back more than 1,500 years to the fifth century AD. Also known as St. Brigid’s Chapel and Field, the monastery was constructed by monks promoting the teachings of an influential religious leader known as Brigid (later to become St. Brigid and also known as Saint Bride), who was busy spreading the word of the Gospel in her Irish homeland at that time. Despite the incredible history associated with this first millennium religious site, it remains lightly visited by tourists. This is in part because
