Reconstructing a thousand-years-old church

St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst, England, as it is today. Image courtesy of W. Lloyd MacKenzie, via Flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/saffron_blaze/

Ever tried to imagine how a church looked a thousand years ago?  Artist Maggie Kneen has.  And, blessed readers, you're the first to see her latest reconstructions of the Anglo-Saxon priory church at Deerhurst.  Enjoy!

The Anglo-Saxon Monk, as you would expect, has been faithful to his word.  Yesterday at the end of my interview with artist and Viking Maggie Kneen, I promised my blessed readers that they would get first dibs of her latest archaeological/architectural drawings.  And, lo and behold, Margaret of the Clan of the Wolf has kindly obliged.  What a lovely Viking!

So please enjoy, below, Maggie's two revised drawings of St Mary's Priory Church at Deerhurst.  Maggie has been working with archaeologists Richard Bryant and Carolyn Heighway, and architectural historian Michael Hare, whose hard work, Maggie informs me, is what enabled her to produce these spectacular drawings.  So, as Maggie also said, kudos to them!  (That must be some Old Norse word, I imagine.)

If you would like to see more of Maggie's work, click on this link:

Go to Maggie-kneen.com

A reconstruction of the Anglo-Saxon church at Deerhurst, SE view. © Copyright Maggie Kneen, 2015.

Reconstruction of the Anglo-Saxon church at Deerhurst, SW view. © Copyright Maggie Kneen, 2015

I'm sure Maggie would like to hear what you think of her drawings, so please leave a comment below.