Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

HER Number:
403

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C7

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An architectural fragment in fine-grained yellow sandstone, 6.8 cm high x 8.5 cm wide x 4 cm deep. It has two carved faces one of which suggests it may originally have been joined with HER no. 401. It was found in 1966 and is thought to date to the late 7th century A.D.

Easting:
402

Northing:
578

Grid Reference:
NZ402578

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 403 >> G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture Durham University, Unpublished M Phil thesis, 69-71, pl. 7A R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 131, Pt 2 pl. 124.683 (Monkwearmouth 19)