Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft

HER Number

1201

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Religious House

Site Type: Specific

Cross

General Period

EARLY MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Early Medieval 410 to 1066

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Fragment of an 8th-10th century cross shaft, 17.8 cm high x 17.8 cm wide x 15.9 cm deep. In medium-grained yellow sandstone. Edged with roll mouldings, otherwise all plain. Found in 1973 during archaeological excavations.

Easting

433900

Northing

565200

Grid Reference

NZ433900565200

Sources

<< HER 1201 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 109, pl. 92 (492-5) (Jarrow 7)