Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

HER Number:
1216

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C7-C8

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Fragment of a decorative strip, 8 cm high x 8 cm wide x 7.5 cm deep, in fine-grained yellow sandstone. Unworn, but only one face is carved, and an area 2.8 cm is dressed smooth on either side of the face. The rest of the sides and back are finely dressed and covered with mortar. In the centre is a fine relief cable ornament edged at the top with a flat-band and at the base by a roll moulding.. Dated to the 7th-8th century; found during archaeological excavations in 1965 inside a Saxon building.

Easting:
3388

Northing:
6520

Grid Reference:
NZ33886520

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1216 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 117-18, pl. 101 (536) (Jarrow 23)