Nothing remains of the original monastery.
Since Eadrith became Bishop in 698 AD, that is the date scholars typically use for the manuscript, St. Bilfrid bound the manuscript and added precious gems and metalwork to the binding. In the meantime, the monks had fled from invading Danish Vikings who completely destroyed the monastery and looted everything left behind. The Gospels had no ordinary journey on that trip. While fleeing the Vikings, the monks and their books were shipwrecked in the Irish Sea. Later, the foot-high Lindisfarne Gospels miraculously washed ashore and were taken to Durham where monks continued to produce other precious manuscripts.