

At some unspecified point in history, thirty monks decided to explore them. There are also said to be several under Glastonbury Tor, as you'd expect. Invariably, the drumming would stop sooner or later and the boy would never be seen again - though the drumming can still be heard on suitably dark and stormy nights, of course. Quite a few have supposedly been discovered by soldiers in the act of improving castle defences, often during the Civil War, who would then make their regiment's drummerboy go down them and keep drumming as loud as he could so that they could follow his progress above ground. They're usually called ley tunnels partially because of an old term meaning hidden or secret, partially because they're sometimes connected in modern mythology to leylines and largely because the majority, like leylines, don't exist. *Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid - an extra 25 per cent - potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds.Also, there are stories of tunnels all over the place - so many of them, in fact, that if they were all true Britain would probably have fractal hollow cube-style zero mass and may well have crumbled like a bit of Emmenthal cheese after over-zealous mouse attack. Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid - an extra 25 per cent - potentially a very significant boost to our places' funds.Īn extra £1 paid under the scheme can be worth over £3 to the National Trust as shown below:

Gift Aid Admission includes a 10 per cent or more voluntary donation. It's entirely up to you which ticket you choose. If the place runs Gift Aid on Entry, we'll offer you a clear choice between the Gift Aid Admission prices and the Standard Admission prices at the admission point. Under this scheme, if you're not a member you have the choice of two entry tickets: Most of our places run the Gift Aid on Entry scheme at their admission points.
