General view from E.
SC 537310
Description General view from E.
Catalogue Number SC 537310
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 46671 CN
Scope and Content Old Melrose, Roxburghshire The pagan Angles of Northumbria were converted to Christianity by Irish monks led by Aidan and sent from Iona to Lindisfarne in about 635 AD. This was the period when the Angles extended their control northwards to the Firth of Forth. Old Melrose was one of the monasteries founded during the three decades of Irish dominance. As Bede ( in his 'Ecclesiastical History', completed in 731 AD) described it, it was on an inland promontory 'almost enclosed by the winding of the River Tweed'. Traces remain of the vallum bank at the neck of the promontory. The vallum or rampart formed the enclosure around the monastery, representing its spiritual and physical boundary. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/537310
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © RCAHMS
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
