St Cuthbert's Cave

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St Cuthbert's Cave is a natural sandstone cave in Northumberland approximately 13 km from Dunstanburgh Castle. It is neither very big nor deep, but rather takes the form of an overhang large enough to provide shelter for a small group.[1]

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, in 875 as the Danes ravaged Lindisfarne and

"... destroyed all the monasteries. Eardulf, bishop of Lindisfarne, and abbot Eadred, taking the body of St. Cuthbert from the island of Lindisfarne, wandered about for seven years."[2]

According to legend, this cave is one of the places in which the monks took shelter with their holy relic. St Cuthbert's Cave should not be confused with St Cuthbert's Swallet, part of the Priddy Caves in Somerset.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Michael Shanks, archaeologist
  2. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, Northumbria
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