Tynemouth Priory, the Monk's Stone
Tynemouth Priory, the Monk's Stone
HER Number
102
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth Priory, the Monk's Stone
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cross
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Cross
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
An incomplete cross-shaft of sandstone, 193 cm high, 45.7 to 30.5 cm wide and 30.5 to 22.9 cm deep, very worn and broken. Decoration includes a hunting scene with various animals. The cross is supposed to have stood originally north-west of Tynemouth on the ancient road to the priory close to Monk House Farm. Having been moved twice by the farmer, it was given in 1935 by the Duke of Northumberland to the Office of Works, and re-erected in Tynemouth Priory, its present location.
Easting
437330
Northing
569370
Grid Reference
NZ437330569370
Sources
<< HER 102 >> F. Grose, 1784, Antiquities of England and Wales, IV, 127-8, 147-8, pl. facing 127
J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 42-3, pls. lxxxiii-iv
S.S. Carr, 1904, The Early Monumental Remains of Tynemouth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXV, 121-4, pl. 6.
Northumberland County History, 1907, VIII, 131-3, figs.
R. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture in England, I, 226, pls. 221-5
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 38n
J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 42-3, pls. lxxxiii-iv
S.S. Carr, 1904, The Early Monumental Remains of Tynemouth, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXV, 121-4, pl. 6.
Northumberland County History, 1907, VIII, 131-3, figs.
R. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture in England, I, 226, pls. 221-5
W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth, I, 38n