Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 31, Northumberland Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Priory Museum, Lindisfarne
Evidence for Discovery
Found in February 1923 in excavations by C. R. Peers
Church Dedication
No Dedication
Present Condition
Damaged and worn
Description

Only one face is carved.

A (broad): Traces of an incised border and of an illegible inscription in both upper quadrants, and in the lower right quadrant. The cross has a large round centre and its upright arm seems to be F1 in type. However, the cross-arm terminals are more like A3.

Discussion

This seems to be a rather ill-designed monument and may be later than those with F or G type arms.

Date
Eighth century
References
Peers 1923-4, 263; Okasha 1971, 97, pl. 82
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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