Reconstruction painting showing an aerial view of the Anglo-Saxon monastery at Lindisfarne, as it may have looked in the seventh century. The site is enclosed by a ditch and bank, and two wooden churches with thatched roofs are aligned at the centre.

Date:
circa 2003 - circa 2005
Location:
Lindisfarne Anglo-Saxon Monastery, Holy Island, Northumberland
Reference:
IC059/008
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This illustration was reproduced on page 23 of the 2005 English Heritage guidebook for Lindisfarne Priory, 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: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Early Medieval Monastery