Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

HER Number:
404

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 local dolomite, 6.5 cm high x 10.5 cm wide x 5 cm deep, with two carved faces containing a fragment of interlace. May be part of the same piece as HER 401 and 403. 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 404 >> G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture Durham University, Unpublished M Phil thesis, 70, pl. 7B R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 131-2, Pt 2 pl. 124.686-7 (Monkwearmouth 20)