The Corpus: Lindisfarne 47

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 47, Northumberland

Overview

Object type: Part of grave-cover [1]

Measurements: L. 59.8 cm (23.5 in); W. 19 cm (7.5 in); D. 22.2 cm (8.75 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained, massive pink/yellow sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 246.1365-1368

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 244

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Present Location

Priory Museum, Lindisfarne

Evidence for Discovery

None

Church Dedication

No Dedication

Present Condition

Damaged and worn

Description

A (top): Part of a coped grave-cover with a roof-like profile. The `ridge' is sharply chamfered, the `eaves' are rounded.

Discussion

Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).

Possibly part of the top of a shrine.

Date

Late eleventh to early twelfth 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Unpublished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.