Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 34, Northumberland Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Priory Museum, Lindisfarne
Evidence for Discovery
Found between 1920 and 1924 in excavations by C. R. Peers
Church Dedication
No Dedication
Present Condition
Broken and worn
Description

No traces of border, cross or inscription have survived.

Discussion

The general shape of this piece should put it in the same series as the preceding group.

Date
Eighth century(?)
References
Peers 1923-4, 263
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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