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Collection Item: Saint William's Tomb
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Title
- Saint William's Tomb
- Object name
- Tomb
- Object category
- Medieval
- Description
- Later shrine built for Saint William of York. The shrine was built of Egglestone marble (a very hard type of limestone), and stood behind the high altar in York Minster. It was deliberately dismantled and carefully buried during the Reformation to save it from destruction.
- Period
- Medieval
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 1980.52
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 14556
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Limestone (Whole)
Find spot
- Method
- Casual find
- Place
- York
