The Congresbury Carvings - An Eleventh-Century Saint's Shrine?

Michael D Costen, Catherine Oakes

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Abstract

An analysis of the carved stones found at Congresbury in Somerset and a suggestion that they are the remnants of an elaborate shrine to St Cyngar, the site of a pilgrimage in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
Original languageEnglish
Article number6
Pages (from-to)281-309
Number of pages28
JournalThe Antiquaries Journal
Volume83
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Keywords

  • saints, relics, shrine

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