Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland
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Overview
Object type: Part of plain round-headed grave-marker [1]
Measurements: H. 32 cm (12.8 in); W. 32 cm (12.8 in); D. 4 cm (1.6 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained reddish sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: None
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 206
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Present Location
Formerly Priory Museum, Lindisfarne, now lost
Evidence for Discovery
Found between 1920 and 1924 in excavations by C. R. Peers
Church Dedication
No Dedication
Present Condition
Worn
Description
No traces of border, cross or inscription have survived.
Discussion
This stone could plausibly belong to the same group and period as the other grave-markers.
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.



