Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon building stone
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon building stone
HER Number
1211
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon building stone
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Building stone, in medium-grained orange sandstone. In good condition. A normal building block, 14 cm high x 23 cm wide x 28 cm deep, with one very smoothly dressed face, inscribed in Anglo-Saxon capitals: HELMGYT. Dated to the 8th century and found in 1973 during archaeological excavations.
Easting
433900
Northing
565200
Grid Reference
NZ433900565200
Sources
<< HER 1211 >> J. Higgitt, 1979, The dedication inscription at Jarrow and its context, Antiquaries Journal, LIX, 360-1, 363, pl. 64B
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 114, pl. 97 (522) (Jarrow 18)
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 114, pl. 97 (522) (Jarrow 18)