The allegedly deceased monks of Glastonbury Abbey told Frederick Bligh Bond that someone would rebuild the abbey and it would be bigger and better than before. For some time, we could not fathom how this could possibly be: after all, Glaston was the largest abbey in the world!
Well, the answer is as simple (and complex!) as the technology you are now using to read these words. Preliminary plans are now underway to begin the conscruction of a virtual Glastonbury Abbey, complete with grounds. Though we will utilize the orginal actual ground plan, we will not slavishly follow any one of the conscruction plans. The advantages to this approach are:
1) The potentially enormous costs of real estate are radically diminished to server space and domain name costs.
2) This virtual site can be visited by anyone anywhere in the world at any time via the Internet.
3) People visiting will be able to go through either an empty space by themselves, or to interact in live time with other visitors.
Watch for further updates and plans on this page.
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