Monkwearmouth, Saxo-Norman grave or coffin cover

HER Number:
413

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Saxo-Norman grave or coffin cover

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religion or Ritual

Site Type: Broad:
Death Burial or Funerary Object

Site Type: Specific:
Grave Slab

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C11

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A possible grave- or coffin-cover, in medium-grained yellow sandstone, 132 cm long x 42 cm wide x 9 - 10 cm deep. Towards the upper end is a small relief cross, suggesting an 11th century date. Found under the floor of the chancel in 1969.

Easting:
402

Northing:
578

Grid Reference:
NZ402578

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 413 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 Appendix A 153-4, Pt 2 pl. 152.797 (M'mouth 30