An old church and remote building set in a graveyard, with a gloomy sky beyond.

The church of St. Mary, #Lastingham, #NorthYorkshire. Founded 1078 on the site of a 7thC monastery destroyed by the Danes. Bede wrote that the site is 'among some remote hills...more suitable for the dens of robbers & haunts of wild beasts than for human habitation'. #TowerTuesday #ChurchCrawling

Intersecting arches vaulted ceiling distant stone table site in front of a narrow window.

4/01/23
St Mary’s crypt Lastingham.
Hand carved stone hewn out of the earth,thrown upon a hill given rise and birth,to a temple of belief for those suffering grief.
Come sit inside me and heal your soul,I’m always here for you to console. #crypt #lastingham

7/01/23 The intricate knot work the twinning of life, the twisting of missions in all of life.
The blending of gods who rule this world, man’s mind shifting edging his bets.
The sculpture of reason, a mind in two I carve this stone for all to view.
#lastingham #saxon #viking

An old church building set in a graveyard, with a gloomy sky beyond.

The church of St. Mary, #Lastingham, #NorthYorkshire Moors. Founded 1078 on the site of a 7thC monastery that had been destroyed by the Danes. Bede wrote: it is "among some remote hills...more suitable for the dens of robbers & haunts of wild beasts than for human habitation".
📷 My own, from 2016.

A landscape aspect colour photo of the east end of a church atop a slight rise, with graves on the slope. It is a grey, cloudy day, with birds about to land on the church roof. Pic my own, from 2016.

The east end of St. Mary's, #Lastingham. C11 apse, on the site of a monastery founded by St. Cedd in the C7. Described by Bede as "among some remote hills...more suitable for the dens of robbers and haunts of wild beasts than for human habitation". #Ryedale #NorthYorkshire