Reconstruction painting showing the west front of the priory church at Lindisfarne Priory as it may have appeared shortly after its completion in circa 1150

Date:
13 Feb 1988
Location:
Lindisfarne Priory, Priory Church, Holy Island, Northumberland
Reference:
IC059/005
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This stone church was constructed to replace the seventh century timber church of the original Anglo-Saxon monastery at Lindisfarne, which housed the shrine of St Cuthbert but was abandoned after Viking raids beginning at the end of the eighth century.

This illustration was reproduced on page 2 of the 1988 English Heritage guidebook for Lindisfarne Priory and Holy Island, and in subsequent reprints.

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: Ball, Terry

Keywords

Medieval Priory, Medieval Church