Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 42, Northumberland Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Priory Museum, Lindisfarne
Evidence for Discovery
None
Church Dedication
No Dedication
Present Condition
Very worn
Description

A: Slight traces of double-grooved moulding and grooved interlace, the pattern of which is indecipherable.

B, C and D: Broken away.

Discussion

Not enough of this fragment survives to allow a meaningful discussion. However, the style of interlace is like that on the fragment from Great Farne Island.

Date
Possibly late ninth century
References
Unpublished
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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