Bishopwearmouth Church, part of Anglo-Saxon grave-marker

The stone, in medium-grained yellow sandstone, 71.1 cm high x 28 cm wide x 17.8 cm deep, was found in St. Michael's Church, Bishopwearmouth, in the north wall near its west end. It is probably the lower part of a grave-marker, with the upper section ornamented and the lower part roughly dressed for insertion in the ground. The carved ornament on the stone is poor and ill-defined, however. Upright cruciform grave-markers of this type tend to be late and this may be 11th century..