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| St Cuthberts Chapel | Chapel Remains | Mr G. Tate F.G.S. on the Farne Islands. | Mr Tate’s account continued – | |||
| Chapel Remains | Raines History of N.Durham | "Some other building had been connected | ||||
| Chapel Remains | Mr W Darling, Longstone Island | with the chapel on the north, for, according | ||||
| to Grose’s drawing in A.D. 1783, a wall was then | ||||||
| there, nearly as high as the chapel, through | ||||||
| which was a gateway, with a circular arch- | ||||||
| A portion of this arch still remains. At the west end of the chapel are the ruins of a | ||||||
| small chamber, which, forty years ago, was vaulted over, and was eight ft. high, and which | ||||||
| communicated with the chapel by means of a small window-like opening; this chamber | ||||||
| was probably the dead house. One large and two small stone coffins, which had been dug | ||||||
| out of the ground adjoining, are lying in front of the chapel: the former by popular | ||||||
| tradition, is regarded as that of St. Cuthbert: but this is an error, for his remains were taken | ||||||
| to Lindisfarne, whence they were removed to various places in Northumberland, and after many | ||||||
| years wandering, at length found repose at Durham. Not far from the landing place | ||||||
| on the east side of the island, St. Cuthbert erected his lowly | ||||||
| oratory; and still nearer to the water | ||||||
| edge stood a Hospitium, where the brethren and strangers visiting the island might repose without | ||||||
| Hospitium | Hospitium | intruding on the Anchorite. All relics of the Oratory long ago dissapeared, as has also a | ||||
| (Site of) | (Site of) | a large cross, which formerly stood on the highest point of the island; but the Hospitium was | ||||
| in existence in the twelfth century, and an old building, called in | ||||||
| Speed’s Map a "Fishe Howse" stands | ||||||
| Well | on its site, and is now used as a stable. Two wells – one in the tower, and the other near | |||||
| Well | the site of the Hospitium, which monkish legends say sprung up, through the miraculous agency of | |||||
| St. Cuthbert, have in these degenerate days lost their sweetness, and have a brackish taste – | ||||||
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Note: Signed in header by AM Roy (or AMcKay?)
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