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Chapel of St Cuthbert, Inner Farne Island

In the civil parish of North Sunderland.
In the historic county of Durham; North (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

St Cuthbert's Chapel is a single-cell building and was built in about 1370. It is built on top of an earlier building, as there is C12 and C13 masonry in the lower parts of the north wall. The chapel was restored in the 1840s by Archdeacon Thorp. Outside the west wall of the chapel are the foundations of a small room which may a porch or chapel at the entrance of the church, sometimes known as a galilee and typical of churches dedicated to St Cuthbert. Brooke writes "has indictations that defensive traits may have been incorporated into its structure" as the external north wall is totally without openings.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 410369)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU21803598

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PastScape number; 8302

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N5894

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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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