The Corpus: Lindisfarne 48

Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Lindisfarne 48, Northumberland

Overview

Object type: Grave-cover(?)[1]

Measurements: L. 68 cm (26 in); W. 26 cm (10.75 in); D. Buried

Stone type: Coarse-grained pink sandstone

Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 247.1369

Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 244

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Present Location

Chapter house of priory, below pillar in east wall

Evidence for Discovery

Found during grass-trimming in 1973

Church Dedication

No Dedication

Present Condition

Unworn

Description

There appear to be traces of a crude plait.

Discussion

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

The form of the monument and the pattern are difficult to determine because of the location.

Date

Uncertain, but probably post-Conquest

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Unpublished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.