Reconstruction painting showing monks processing to the altar in the Anglo-Saxon Friar's church at the pre-Conquest monastery on Lindisfarne, shown in around AD652. The church was constructed of oak and had a thatched roof.

Date:
circa 1993 - circa 2000
Location:
Lindisfarne Anglo-Saxon Monastery, Friar's Church, Holy Island, Northumberland
Reference:
IC059/004
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The pre-Conquest monastery and its church were replaced by the later post-Conquest priory buildings in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The precise location of the old monastery church is unknown but is possible that it occupied the same site as the later priory church.

Content

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

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Early Medieval Monastery, Early Medieval Church, Christian Religion