DigNation Festival
Season 2: Episode 31
In AD635, King Oswald founded a monastery on the tiny island of Lindisfarne. It quickly became the beating heart of the powerful early Medieval kingdom of Northumbria, and was the wellspring of England’s Christianity, producing treasures like the Lindisfarne Gospels. But in AD 793, Vikings attacked. In this talk, archaeologists Lisa Westcott-Wilkins and David Petts reveal how their teams have been uncovering the remains of the original monastery, and of the people who lived on the island before, during and after the Viking raids – with help from people all over the world.
