Wearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Wearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cemetery
HER Number
420
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Wearmouth, Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
Site Type: Specific
Inhumation Cemetery
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Excavation south of the church revealed an extensive burial ground (300 + burials) of three phases. The earliest were earlier than or contemporary with the Saxon monastic buildings, the latest were earlier than the full post-Conquest occupation of the site. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT
Easting
440200
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440200557800
Sources
<< HER 420 >> R.J. Cramp, 1969, Excavations at the Saxon Monastic Sites of Wearmouth and Jarrow... Medieval Archaeology, XIII, 31-34
R.J. Cramp, 1959, Monkwearmouth, Excavation report, Dept. of Archaeology Durham
R.J. Cramp, 1959, Monkwearmouth, Excavation report, Dept. of Archaeology Durham