Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural sculpture
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural sculpture
HER Number
1212
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural sculpture
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Incomplete architectural sculpture, 41.9 cm high x 29.2 cm wide, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. The carving is deep and unworn, though damaged. Part of a frieze with a scroll inhabited by 2 birds. Framed at the top by a flat-band moulding and with a plinth at the base. Dated to the early 8th century. Found on the south side of the church when building the school. Possibly part of the same decorative scheme as HER ref. 1213.
Easting
433880
Northing
565220
Grid Reference
NZ433880565220
Sources
<< HER 1212 >> W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1858, Durham before the Conquest, Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute Newcastle, II, 80
J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 44-5, pl. lxxii
J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church of St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 209
J.R. Boyle, 1892, The County of Durham, 587
H.E. Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, fig. on 47
C.C. Hodges in W. Page, ed. 1905, Anglo-Saxon remains, Victoria County History, Durham, I, 233-4
J.D. Rose, 1909, Jarrow Church and Monastery, 24
B. Colgrave & T. Romans, 1956, A Guide to St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, and its Monastic Buildings, 29
R.J. Cramp,1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, pl. 70
R.J. Cramp,1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 114, pl. 98 (526) (Jarrow 19)
J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 44-5, pl. lxxii
J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church of St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 209
J.R. Boyle, 1892, The County of Durham, 587
H.E. Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, fig. on 47
C.C. Hodges in W. Page, ed. 1905, Anglo-Saxon remains, Victoria County History, Durham, I, 233-4
J.D. Rose, 1909, Jarrow Church and Monastery, 24
B. Colgrave & T. Romans, 1956, A Guide to St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, and its Monastic Buildings, 29
R.J. Cramp,1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, pl. 70
R.J. Cramp,1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 114, pl. 98 (526) (Jarrow 19)