Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster shafts
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster shafts
HER Number
1223
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster shafts
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
Site Type: Specific
Baluster
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Twenty five baluster shafts, 17 whole, 8 fragmentary, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. The 17 complete ones are a standard height of 73 cm, and have a diam of 31 cm. Each has a hole at one end, presumably for fitting on a lathe. There are three types of profile. Many were found in the nave walls when they were taken down, though earlier authorities do not agree on the numbers. Dated to the 7th-8th century and probably all part of one feature.
Easting
433880
Northing
565220
Grid Reference
NZ433880565220
Sources
<< HER 1223 >> J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 44-5
J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church of St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 209-10, pl. opp. 210
C.C. Hodges, 1893, The pre-Conquest churches of Northumbria, The Reliquary, 2, VII, 154
H.E. Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, 40-41
J.F. Hodgson, 1912, The monastical choir, or church, of S. Paul, Jarrow, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, VI (for 1906-11), 149-51
G.B. Brown, 1925, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, The Arts in Early England, II, 257-8
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, E. Gilbert 1956 The Anglian Remains at Jarrow Church, 5, I (for 1951-56), 314
B. Colgrave & T. Romans, 1956, A Guide to St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, and its Monastic Buildings, 27
R.J. Cramp,1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, 30
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture (Jarrow 30) Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 120-1, figs. 9-10, pl. 103-106
J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church of St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 209-10, pl. opp. 210
C.C. Hodges, 1893, The pre-Conquest churches of Northumbria, The Reliquary, 2, VII, 154
H.E. Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, 40-41
J.F. Hodgson, 1912, The monastical choir, or church, of S. Paul, Jarrow, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, VI (for 1906-11), 149-51
G.B. Brown, 1925, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, The Arts in Early England, II, 257-8
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, E. Gilbert 1956 The Anglian Remains at Jarrow Church, 5, I (for 1951-56), 314
B. Colgrave & T. Romans, 1956, A Guide to St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, and its Monastic Buildings, 27
R.J. Cramp,1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, 30
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture (Jarrow 30) Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 120-1, figs. 9-10, pl. 103-106