Reconstruction drawing showing an interior view of 'Building C' at the Green Shiel settlement on Holy Island, thought to have been a medieval stone farm building. Here farm workers are shown tending to livestock in stalls in the building.

Date:: 1993

Location:: Green Shiel Early Medieval Settlement, Building C, Holy Island, Northumberland

Reference:: IC059/001

Type:: Reconstruction Artwork

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The building depicted is likely to represent an interpretation of one of the five long rectangular medieval farm buildings found at the site. The settlement at Green Shiels appears to date from the ninth century, with the farmstead and nearby medieval homesteads dating to the same era.

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This is part of the Volume: IC059 Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Reconstruction drawing showing an interior view of 'Building C' at the Green Shiel settlement on Holy Island, thought to have been a medieval stone farm building. Here farm workers are shown tending to livestock in stalls in the building.

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