Jarrow, Roman sculpture fragment
Jarrow, Roman sculpture fragment
HER Number
991
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow, Roman sculpture fragment
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Sculpture
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
In 1782, during alterations to Jarrow church, a stone carved in relief was found. It was eventually presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall. The carving portrays an archer clad in a short tunic shooting at an animal, probably a stag, walking to the right. The top and bottom of the stone, a local buff sandstone, have been broken off, and the carving is much weathered. Its measurements are as follows: height 300 mm x width 505 mm x depth 250 mm.
Easting
433880
Northing
565220
Grid Reference
NZ433880565220
Sources
<< HER 991 >> E.J. Phillips, 1977, Great Britain, Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Vol. I, Fasc. I, no. 329 and plate 89
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. II, p. 62n
J. Hodgson, 1840, History of Northumberland, Part 2, Vol. III, p. 231
R. Blair, 1920, Catalogue of Inscribed and Sculptured Stones of the Roman Era... Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XVII, no. 242
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I,p. 18
R.G. Collingwood, 1926, Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures belonging to the Society of Antiquaries, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4. II, no. 316
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 154-5 (Jarrow 34)
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, Vol. II, p. 62n
J. Hodgson, 1840, History of Northumberland, Part 2, Vol. III, p. 231
R. Blair, 1920, Catalogue of Inscribed and Sculptured Stones of the Roman Era... Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XVII, no. 242
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I,p. 18
R.G. Collingwood, 1926, Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures belonging to the Society of Antiquaries, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4. II, no. 316
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 154-5 (Jarrow 34)