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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte McLaughlin

Oldest prayer beads found in Britain to go on display at Lindisfarne Priory

Britain’s earliest known prayer beads will go on display at the refurbished museum at Lindisfarne Priory this weekend.

The necklace, dating from between the 8th and 9th century and made from salmon vertebrae, was recently found on a skeleton on Holy Island in Northumberland.

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