Battle relic
The Corporax Cloth at Neville's Cross
A banner on the mound.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Wooded mound
- Legend from
- Durham
- Tone
- Solemn
Holy cloth on a hill.
During the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, monks led by Prior John Fossor held up St Cuthbert's corporax cloth on a mound called Maiden's Bower. The English won, and the captured Black Rood of Scotland was given to Cuthbert's shrine.