Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
HER Number
402
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
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
An architectural fragment carved in local dolomite, 4.3 cm high x 4.3 cm wide x 2.5 cm deep. Its surviving carved face contains interlace decoration. It was found in 1964 and is thought to date to the late 7th century A.D.
Easting
440200
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440200557800
Sources
<< HER 402 >> Jarrow Lecture R.J. Cramp,1965 Early Northumbrian Sculpture 3
G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture Durham University, Unpublished M Phil thesis, 71, pl. 7C
R. J. Cramp 1984 Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Vol. I, Pt 1 131, Pt 2 pl. 124.682 (Monkwearmouth 18)
G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture Durham University, Unpublished M Phil thesis, 71, pl. 7C
R. J. Cramp 1984 Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Vol. I, Pt 1 131, Pt 2 pl. 124.682 (Monkwearmouth 18)