Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

HER Number:
406

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:
C9-C10

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An architectural fragment carved in local dolomite, 18 cm high x 11 cm wide x 6 cm deep. Two carved faces survive, one decorated with a straight line pattern, the other plain. It was found in 1959 and is thought to date to the late 9th or early 10th century A.D. This and the Tidfirth stone (HER no. 90) are evidence for the continued tradition of stone carving on the site after full monastic occupation had ceased.

Easting:
402

Northing:
578

Grid Reference:
NZ402578

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 406 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 132 Pt 2 pl. 124.680 (Monkwearmouth 22)