Wearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cemetery

HER Number:
420

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Wearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cemetery

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Cemetery

Site Type: Specific:
Inhumation Cemetery

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C7-C11

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Excavation south of the church revealed an extensive burial ground (300 + burials) of three phases. The earliest were earlier than or contemporary with the Saxon monastic buildings, the latest were earlier than the full post-Conquest occupation of the site. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT

Easting:
402

Northing:
578

Grid Reference:
NZ402578

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 420 >> R.J. Cramp, 1969, Excavations at the Saxon Monastic Sites of Wearmouth and Jarrow... Medieval Archaeology, XIII, 31-34 R.J. Cramp, 1959, Monkwearmouth, Excavation report, Dept. of Archaeology Durham