Reconstruction painting showing an aerial view of the farmstead buildings at the Green Shiel settlement on Holy Island, as they may have appeared during the ninth century

Date:
1993
Location:
Green Shiel Early Medieval Settlement, Holy Island, Northumberland
Reference:
IC059/010
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This painting is an interpretation of the five excavated long rectangular medieval farm buildings at the site. The settlement at Green Shiels appears to date from the ninth century.

Illustration IC059/002 is a black and white pencil version of the same scene.

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 Settlement, Early Medieval Farmstead