St Eligius Chapel, Spindlestone Heugh (Easington (Northumberland))

St Eligius Chapel at Spindlestone Heugh is first mentioned in a document written in 1590. The foundations are visible as earthworks today. Excavations in June 2018 found the remains of a rectangular building made of whinstone as well as traces of a possible earlier building beneath it, which may be the chapel.

Reference number:

N5241

Historical period:

Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
UNCERTAIN

Event(s):

FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; D Smith
EXCAVATION, Spindlestone Heugh chapel 2018; The Archaeological Practice Ltd

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