Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon socket

HER Number:
1224

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon socket

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Part of socket, or church furnishing, in medium to coarse-grained reddened sandstone, 14 cm high x 12 cm wide x 7.6 cm deep. Hollowed out, broken but unworn. The short end appears to have had a lightly grooved moulding with a deeply cut inner edge forming a small square panel. Inside there is a possible inscription, probably in Anglo-Saxon capitals. Its date is uncertain. It was first noticed in 1972.

Easting:
3388

Northing:
6522

Grid Reference:
NZ33886522

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1224 >> J. Higgitt, 1979, The dedication inscription at Jarrow and its context, Antiquaries Journal, LIX, 362 and pl. 66B R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 121, pl. 106 (576-7) (Jarrow 31)