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West Lilburn Chapel and Burial Ground is a medieval religious site located in Northumberland. The chapel represents a small parochial or chapelry structure, likely established during the medieval period to serve the local settlement. The associated burial ground indicates its function as a place of Christian worship and interment for the surrounding community. The site survives as an archaeological monument, preserving evidence of medieval religious practice in the rural Northumberland landscape.
West Lilburn chapel and burial ground is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014922. View the official record →
West Lilburn Chapel and Burial Ground is a medieval religious site located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014922.
West Lilburn chapel and burial ground is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014922.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval chapel and graveyard, 170m east of Brandon (7.3 km), Reaveley Hill settlement (7.3 km), Settlement on SE slope of Ewe Hill (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of West Lilburn chapel and burial ground's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
West Lilburn chapel and burial ground stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.