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Penhill Preceptory, West Witton
A Knights Templar coffin at the Penhill Preceptory, West Witton in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, UK.
This coffin is the largest of three at the chapel. First thoughts are that the small coffins were for children, but as the knights were celibate, it is thought that they may have been secret housings for ceremonial swords. This larger coffin is the only one with a drainage hole for bodily fluids.
Created: November 04, 2013
Author: Joan Martin
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Photograph size: 16.1 Mpixels (46 MB uncompressed) - 3264x4928 pixels (10.9x16.4 in / 27.6x41.7 cm at 300 ppi)
Photograph keywords: chantry, chapel, coffin, knight, Knights Hospitallers, Knights Templar, medieval, Penhill Preceptory, Roger Mowbray, stone grave, Wensleydale, West Witton
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