Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft

HER Number:
1201

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Cross

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C8-C10

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Fragment of an 8th-10th century cross shaft, 17.8 cm high x 17.8 cm wide x 15.9 cm deep. In medium-grained yellow sandstone. Edged with roll mouldings, otherwise all plain. Found in 1973 during archaeological excavations.

Easting:
339

Northing:
652

Grid Reference:
NZ339652

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1201 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 109, pl. 92 (492-5) (Jarrow 7)