'Lindisfarne, the Lindisfaran and the origins of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria' — chapter by me :) https://www.academia.edu/9111908/Britons_and_Anglo-Saxons_Lincolnshire_AD_400-650_Studies_in_the_History_of_Lincolnshire_3_2012 …pic.twitter.com/5NyLEJJtMv
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@cagatay_guney It's an interesting question---clearly a holy place even before Anglo-Saxons, so perhaps long-standing import?
@caitlinrgreen Probably a pilgrimage route? Pagan & Christianity. Plus an easier political target than southern Briton, maybe. Fascinating
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