Monkwearmouth, Saxo-Norman grave or coffin cover
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
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Grave Slab
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
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
440200
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440200557800
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