Editing Glastonbury (section)

===Glastonbury zodiac===
{{main|Temple of the Stars}}

In 1934 artist [[Katherine Maltwood]] suggested a [[landscape zodiac]], a map of the stars on a gigantic scale, formed by features in the landscape such as roads, streams and field boundaries, could be found situated around Glastonbury.<ref>Maltwood, K. E. ''A Guide to Glastonbury's Temple of the Stars: Their Giant Effigies Described From Air Views, Maps, and From "The High History of the Holy Grail"'' (London, The Women's Printing Society, Ltd., 1934). Her next book on the subject matter, ''Air View Supplement to a Guide To Glastonbury's Temple of The Stars'' was published in 1937.</ref> She held that the "temple" was created by [[Sumer]]ians about 2700&nbsp;BC. The idea of a prehistoric landscape zodiac fell into disrepute when two independent studies examined the Glastonbury Zodiac, one by Ian Burrow in 1975<ref>Ian Burrow, Somerset's Planning Department staff archeologist, concluded that "while the outlines of the effigies may be plotted today, their antiquity is illusory" {{cite web |url=http://sites.google.com/site/alisonsinc/maltwood'szodiac |title=Maltwood's zodiac - alisonsinc |access-date=27 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328230039/http://sites.google.com/site/alisonsinc/maltwood%27szodiac |archive-date=28 March 2012 }}</ref> and the other by Tom Williamson and Liz Bellamy in 1983.<ref>Tom Williamson, Liz Bellamy, ''Ley Lines in Question'', pages 162-168. (Tadworth, UK: World's Work, 1983). {{ISBN|0-437-19205-9 }}</ref> These both used standard methods of landscape historical research. Both studies concluded that the evidence contradicted the idea of an ancient zodiac. The eye of [[Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn]] identified by Maltwood was a haystack. The western wing of the Aquarius phoenix was a road laid in 1782 to run around Glastonbury, and older maps dating back to the 1620s show the road had no predecessors. The Cancer boat (not a crab as in conventional western astrology) consists of a network of 18th-century drainage ditches and paths. There are some Neolithic paths preserved in the peat of the bog formerly comprising most of the area, but none of the known paths match the lines of the zodiac features. There is no support for this theory, or for the existence of the "temple" in any form, from conventional archaeologists.<ref>{{cite book |last=Williamson |first=Tom |title=Ley Lines in Question |year=1983 |publisher=Littlehampton Book Services Ltd |isbn=978-0-437-19205-9 |author2=Liz Bellamy }}</ref> Glastonbury is also said to be the centre of several [[ley line]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glastonburytor.org.uk/leymap.html |title=The ancient landscape around Glastonbury |last=Jenkins |first=Palden |publisher=Glasonbury Tor |access-date=28 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408093651/http://www.glastonburytor.org.uk/leymap.html |archive-date=8 April 2010 }}</ref>