Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 20, Northumberland Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Covered over; possibly in situ under northwest pier of priory church
Evidence for Discovery
Found before 1924 in excavations by C. P. Peers
Church Dedication
No Dedication
Present Condition
Unknown
Description
No visible ornament. The socket appears to be edged by a crude flat-band moulding.
Discussion
Date
Impossible to determine; but see 21
References
Peers 1923-4, 269, pl. 55, 2
Endnotes
1. The following are general references to the Lindisfarne stones: (—) 1855-7e, 275; (—) 1869-79c, viii; Rivoira 1933, 153; Elliott 1959; 81; Henry 1965, 158; Coatsworth 1981, 25.

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