Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon baluster shafts
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon baluster shafts
HER Number
97
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon baluster shafts
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
Site Type: Specific
Baluster
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Thirty five baluster shafts have been found on the site during various phases of investigationsince 1829-30. Most are in Hartlepool and Roker dolomite. Sixteen types of profile are represented, most being lathe-turned. Because of their diversity and small scale, they probably had a variety of functions, e.g. flanking openings and as balustrades or canopy around or above an altar. The stones have been dated to the late 7th century.
Easting
440200
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440200557800
Sources
<< HER 97 >> J.Raine, ed. 1854, The Inventories and Account Rolls of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth... Surtees Society, 29, xxxii-iv
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, 1870, St. Peter's, Monkwearmouth, I (for 1862-68), pp. 141-4
W. Greenwell, 1870, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, I (for 1862-8), xlii-iii
J.R. Boyle, 1885, Church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth 2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, I (for 1882-84), p. 252
J.R. Boyle, 1886, On the Monastery and Church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XI, p. 51
G.F. Browne, 1886, ...the Church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth and...Sculptured Stones... 8
J.R. Boyle, 1892, The County of Durham, pp. 543-4
C.C. Hodges, 1893, The pre-Conquest churches of Northumbria, Reliquary new series, VII, 147
F.J. Haverfield & W. Greenwell, 1899, Catalogue of Sculptured and Inscribed Stones, in Cathedral Lib Durham, XIV, 71-3
J.F. Hodgson, 1912, The Churches of Escomb, Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland,VI (for 1906-11), 170-2
G.B. Brown, 1925, Anglo-Saxon Architecture. The Arts in Early England, II, 257-8
B. Colgrave, 1948, St. Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, X (for 1944-53), p. 193
N. Pevsner, 1953, Buildings of England, County Durham, p. 187
E.A. Fisher, 1962, The Greater Anglo-Saxon Churches, 90
D.M. Wilson & J.G. Hurst, eds. 1963, Medieval Britain in 1961, Medieval Archaeology, Vol. VI-VII (for 1962-3), 315
B. Colgrave & R.J. Cramp, 1969, St. Peter's Church, Wearmouth Reprint, 25-6
R.J. Cramp, 1965 Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, p. 4
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I,Pt 1, pp. 128-9, figs 6-8, & pls (Monkearmouth 14)
Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, 1870, St. Peter's, Monkwearmouth, I (for 1862-68), pp. 141-4
W. Greenwell, 1870, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, I (for 1862-8), xlii-iii
J.R. Boyle, 1885, Church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth 2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, I (for 1882-84), p. 252
J.R. Boyle, 1886, On the Monastery and Church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XI, p. 51
G.F. Browne, 1886, ...the Church of St. Peter, Monkwearmouth and...Sculptured Stones... 8
J.R. Boyle, 1892, The County of Durham, pp. 543-4
C.C. Hodges, 1893, The pre-Conquest churches of Northumbria, Reliquary new series, VII, 147
F.J. Haverfield & W. Greenwell, 1899, Catalogue of Sculptured and Inscribed Stones, in Cathedral Lib Durham, XIV, 71-3
J.F. Hodgson, 1912, The Churches of Escomb, Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland,VI (for 1906-11), 170-2
G.B. Brown, 1925, Anglo-Saxon Architecture. The Arts in Early England, II, 257-8
B. Colgrave, 1948, St. Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Transactions Architectectural & Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, X (for 1944-53), p. 193
N. Pevsner, 1953, Buildings of England, County Durham, p. 187
E.A. Fisher, 1962, The Greater Anglo-Saxon Churches, 90
D.M. Wilson & J.G. Hurst, eds. 1963, Medieval Britain in 1961, Medieval Archaeology, Vol. VI-VII (for 1962-3), 315
B. Colgrave & R.J. Cramp, 1969, St. Peter's Church, Wearmouth Reprint, 25-6
R.J. Cramp, 1965 Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, p. 4
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I,Pt 1, pp. 128-9, figs 6-8, & pls (Monkearmouth 14)