Monks with Coffin

We are on a short break in Durham. This statue commemorates the monks who saved St Cuthbert's coffin.

"The bronze sculpture, which was installed on Monday 22 September 2008, pays tribute to the story of St Cuthbert's coffin.

It was taken from Lindisfarne, after the monks fled from a Danish invasion, and transported to different locations, ending in Durham around the end of the 10th Century."

BBC article