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Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland (1864)

Howitt, William, 1792-1879 · London : A.W. Bennett · leaf 69

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is-farne Priory may be found in Hutchinfons Hiftory of Durham,in Surtees Hiftory, and in Grofes Antiquities. Grofe fays :— The nave of the church confifts of a wide centre and two I 58 THE PRIORY OF LINDISFARNE. fide aifles, the columns of which are heavy, and the archescircular. In the… … LINDISFARNE PRIORY : RAINBOW ARCH. countenance. The fouth wall of the middle tower is ftanding,about fifty feet high, and one corner tower at the wefi end ofthe church remains perfedt. Thefe ruins ftill retain one moftfingular beauty—an arch unloaded with any fuperftrudlure, THE PRIORY OF…

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