Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cross or architectural fragment
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cross or architectural fragment
HER Number
408
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cross or architectural fragment
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cross
Site Type: Specific
Carved Stone
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Cross or architectural fragment in medium-grained yellow sandstone, comparable with HER no. 407. The fragment is 6 cm high x 8 cm wide x 4 cm deep. It was found in 1966 and is thought to date to between the 7th and 9th centuries A.D.
Easting
440200
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440200557800
Sources
<< HER 408 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 132, Pt 2 pl. 125.688-90 (Monkwearmouth 24)