Part of a baluster frieze reused as a gravestone, in medium-grained micaceous yellow sandstone. Broken but unweathered, measuring 38.7 cm high x 29.3 cm wide x 12.6 cm deep. At the top there are 4 knobs, perhaps part a re-cutting for use as a later gravestone. Below, and set in a flat-band moulding, is a series of balusters. The outer pairs have splayed caps and bases, rounded mouldings top and bottom, an incised line down the centre. The centre three are straight. Below is a projecting plinth. Over the stone there is a white paint or wash. Dated to the late 7th-early 8th century, and found in 1975 in archaeological excavations north of the church.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Part of a baluster frieze reused as a gravestone, in medium-grained micaceous yellow sandstone. Broken but unweathered. At the top there are 4 knobs, perhaps part a re-cutting for use as ? 18th century gravestone. Below, and set in a flat-band moulding, is a series of balusters, 2:3:2. The outer pairs have splayed caps and bases, rounded mouldings top and bottom, an incised line down the centre. The centre three are straight. Below is a projecting plinth. Over the stone there is a white paint or wash. 38.7 cm high x 29.3 cm wide x 12.6 cm deep. Late C7-early C8. Found in 1975 in archaeological excavations north of the church. Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1221
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1221 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 120, pl. 102 (544-6, 549) (Jarrow 28)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
03
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433890
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Part of a baluster frieze, in medium to coarse-grained yellow sandstone. Very worn and broken. There is a concave moulding above the balusters which are set on a narrow plinth. Dated to the last quarter of the 7th century to the first quarter of the 8th century. Found in 1969 in the archaeological excavations between the Saxon buildings and the church. Perhaps belongs to the same feature as HER ref. 1219.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Part of a baluster frieze, in medium to coarse-grained yellow sandstone. Very worn and broken. There is a concave moulding above the balusters which are set on a narrow plinth. Perhaps originally in groups of 3 - cap and base / straight - but they survive as 2:3:2. 28.3 cm high x 31 cm wide x 11.4 cm deep. Last quarter C7 to first quarter C8. Found in 1969 in the archaeological excavations between the Saxon buildings and the church. Perhaps belongs to the same feature as Jarrow 26 (SMR 1219). Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster frieze
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1220
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1220 >> R.J.Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 119-20, pl. 101 (542) (Jarrow 27)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
03
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565220
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Part of a baluster frieze, 22.2 cm high x 89.5 cm wide, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Unworn, but broken at each end. At the top a plain band over a sharply cut groove above 22 tubular balusters, supported on a narrow flat-band moulding. Dated to the late 7th century-mid 8th century, and first mentioned in 1885.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Part of a baluster frieze in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Unworn, but broken at each end. At the top a plain band over a sharply cut groove above 22 tubular balusters, supported on a narrow flat-band moulding. 22.2 cm high x 89.5 cm wide. Late C7-mid C8. First mentioned in 1885. Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster frieze
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1219
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1219 >> J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church of St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 210 and pl.
H.E.Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, fig. on 47
J.D. Rose, 1909, Jarrow Church and Monastery, 24
G.B. Brown, 1925, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, The Arts in Early England, II, 260-1
E. Gilbert, 1956, The Anglian remains at Jarrow church,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 5, I (for 1951-56), 314
B. Colgrave & T. Romans, 1956, A Guide to St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, and its Monastic Buildings, 27
R.J. Cramp,1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, 4
H.M. & J. Taylor, 1965, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, 348
R.J.Cramp in D.P. Kirby, ed. 1974, St. Wilfrid at Hexham, 118, pl. 8 C-D
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, (Jarrow 25 a-c, 26) Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 118-19, pl. 101 (540), 102 (547-8)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
03
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565220
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Three pieces of baluster frieze, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. One is 31.8 cm high x 54.5 cm wide, the second 31.8 cm high x 41 cm wide, the third 27.3 cm high x 15.2 cm wide. Two are sections of a possible frieze. Dated to the last quarter of the 7th century to the first quarter of the 8th century. Their function is unclear.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Three pieces of baluster frieze, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Condition good. a. and b. are sections of a possible frieze, c. a section where the ornament shades off into a corner. Below a shallow roll moulding remains of 36 balusters stand on a plinth. a. 31.8 cm high x 54.5 cm wide. b. 31.8 cm high x 41 cm wide. c. 27.3 cm high x 15.2 cm wide. Last quarter C7 to first quarter C8. Function unclear - lintel of more than one door, or the upper part of a screen, or surrounding features of an altar. Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster frieze
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1218
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1218 >> J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church of St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 210 and pl.
H.E. Savage, 1900, Jarrow church and monastery, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXII, fig. on 47
J.D. Rose, 1909, Jarrow Church and Monastery, 24
G.B. Brown, 1925, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, The Arts in Early England, II, 260-1
E. Gilbert, 1956, The Anglian remains at Jarrow church,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 5, I (for 1951-56), 314
B. Colgrave & T. Romans, 1956, A Guide to St. Paul's Church, Jarrow, and its Monastic Buildings, 27
R.J.Cramp, 1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, 4
H.M. & J. Taylor, 1965, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, 348
R.J. Cramp in D.P. Kirby, 1974, St. Wilfrid at Hexham, 118, pl. 8 C-D
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, (Jarrow 25 a-c, 26) Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 118-19, pls. 101 (540), 102 (547-8)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
02
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Siltstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Eight fragments of an ornamental panel, 4.6-7.3 cm high x 3.0-5.4 cm wide x 1.0-1.7 cm deep, in micaceous brown siltstone. Unworn, but damaged and encrusted with iron-pan. There are seven fragments of edge moulding, with traces of pellet/petal/leaf; the eighth is a nearly complete petal. Dated to the late 7th-early 8th century. The panel was probably part of internal decoration. Found in 1965 during the archaeological excavation of a Saxon building.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Eight fragments of an ornamental panel, in micaceous brown siltstone. Unworn, but damaged and encrusted with iron-pan. There are seven fragments of edge moulding, with traces of pellet/petal/leaf; the eighth is a nearly complete petal. 4.6-7.3 cm high x 3.0-5.4 cm wide x 1.0-1.7 cm deep. Late C7-early C8. They have been dressed off a carved panel, no doubt in the destruction over the Saxon building. The panel was probably part of the internal decoration. Found un 1965 in the archaeological excavation of the Saxon building A, over the op. sig. floor. Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1217
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1217 >> R.J. Cramp, 1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, 3
R.J. Cramp, 1969, Excavations at the Saxon monastic sites of Wearmouth and Jarrow... Medieval Archaeology, XIII, 170
R.J.Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 118, pl. 102 (543), fig. 17 (Jarrow 24)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
02
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Fragment of a decorative strip, 8 cm high x 8 cm wide x 7.5 cm deep, in fine-grained yellow sandstone. Unworn, but only one face is carved, and an area 2.8 cm is dressed smooth on either side of the face. The rest of the sides and back are finely dressed and covered with mortar. In the centre is a fine relief cable ornament edged at the top with a flat-band and at the base by a roll moulding.. Dated to the 7th-8th century; found during archaeological excavations in 1965 inside a Saxon building.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Fragment of decorative strip, in fine-grained yellow sandstone. Unworn. Only one face is carved, and an area 2.8 cm is dressed smooth on either side of the face. The rest of the sides and back are finely dressed and covered with mortar. A. In the centre is a fine relief cable ornament edged at the top with a flat-band and at the base by a roll moulding. 8 cm high x 8 cm wide x 7.5 cm deep. C7-C8 Found during the archaeological excavations of 1965 inside Saxon building A, over the op sig floor. Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1216
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1216 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 117-18, pl. 101 (536) (Jarrow 23)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
02
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Reconstructed portion of an architectural feature, or furniture, in red sandstone, possibly millstone grit. The surviving designs are quite unworn. It is an octagonal shaft, 133 cm high; base diameter 34 cm, with angle-roll mouldings ending in splayed hollow-cut bases. Two faces are missing; the other six are decorated with a variety of closed circuit patterns, split leaves, plant trails. Dated to the late 7th century-early 8th century, and found in 1965, in fragments, during archaeological excavation of a Saxon building. Probably from a stone reading desk rather than a central column in the building.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Reconstructed portion of an architectural feature, or furniture, in red sandstone, possibly millstone grit. Surviving designs quite unworn. Octagonal shaft, with angle-roll mouldings ending in splayed hollow-cut bases. Two faces are missing; the other six are decorated with a variety of closed circuit patterns, split leaves, plant trails. 133 cm high; diam at base of carved faces 34 cm. Late C7-early C8; probably unlikely to be later than A.D. 700. Found in 1965, in fragments, in the archaeological excavations of Saxon building A, (? refectory). The base was set in the op sig floor. Probably from a stone reading desk rather than a central column in the building. Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1215
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1215 >> R.J. Cramp, 1969, Excavations at the Saxon monastic sites of Wearmouth and Jarrow... Medieval Archaeology, XIII, 45, 49
G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture, Durham University Unpublished thesis, 136-8, pls. 38-9
R.J. Cramp in J.T. Lang, ed. 1978, Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age Sculpture and its Context, British Archaeological Report, British Series, XLIX, 5, pl. 1.1
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture (Jarrow 22), Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 115-17, pl. 99-100; 101(535);figs15-16
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
DAY1
02
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565200
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Two fragments, possibly of an architectural panel, in medium-grained red sandstone. One, the head and neck of a bird, is 4 cm high x 5 cm wide x 1 cm deep, the other, a plain curving fragment, is 0.8 cm high x 5 cm wide x 0.7 cm deep. Both are late 7th century to early 8th century and were found together in 1965 during archaeological excavation of a Saxon building.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Two fragments, possibly of an architectural panel, in medium-grained red sandstone. Condition good. a. Head and neck of a bird, chipped from a relief monument. b. Plain curving fragment. a. 4 cm high x 5 cm wide x 1 cm deep. b. 0.8 cm high x 5 cm wide x 0.7 cm deep. Late C7 to early C8. Found together in 1965 in archaeological excavation of Saxon building A (? refectory). The curving fragment is probably part of a scroll stem; the bird resembles those in the inhabited scroll of Jarrow 19. Dated 7-8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural panel
Site Type: Specific
Panel
HER Number
1214
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1214 >> R.J. Cramp, 1965, Early Northumbrian Sculpture, Jarrow Lecture, 3
D.M. Wilson & D.G. Hurst, 1966, Medieval Britain in 1965, Medieval Archaeology, X, 170
R.J.Cramp, 1967, The Monastic Arts of Northumbria, 9, no. 7
Photo, R.J. Cramp, 1969, Excavations at the Saxon monastic sites of Wearmouth and Jarrow... Medieval Archaeology, XIII, pl. 9c
R.J.Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 115, pl. 97 (523) (Jarrow 21a-b)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
1212
DAY1
26
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565220
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
Description
Incomplete architectural sculpture, 28 cm high x 38.8 cm wide, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Damaged but unworn. Part of a frieze showing a plant scroll inhabited by men and a beast. Dated to the early 8th century and said to have been found in 1865 when the 18th century nave was demolished. Could originally have been part of the same scheme as HER ref. 1212.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Incomplete architectural sculpture, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Damaged but unworn. Part of a frieze showing a plant scroll inhabited by men and a beast. 28 cm high x 38.8 cm wide. Early C8. Said by Stuart to have been found in 1865 when the 18th century nave was demolished. Could originally have been part of the same scheme as Jarrow 19 (SMR 1212). It is not clear whether the scene has symbolic or biblical significance, or whether it is merely a copy of a classical hunting scene. It bears certain resemblances in style to Ruthwell and Rothbury 1. Dated 8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural sculpture
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1213
Form of Evidence
Find
Sources
<< HER 1213 >> J. Stuart, 1867, Sculptured Stones of Scotland, II, 65, pl. cxvi.1
J.R. Boyle, 1880, On the monastery and church of St. Paul, Jarrow, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, X, 209, pl. facing 210
J.F. Hodgson, 1898, The church of St. Andrew, Auckland... Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XX, 36 and fig.
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, pl. facing 224
J.D. Rose, 1909, Jarrow Church and Monastery, 24
W.G. Collingwood, 1927, Northumbrian Crosses of the pre-Norman Age, 78-9, fig. 96
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, 10, pl. 9
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 115, pl. 98 (525) (Jarrow 20)
YEAR1
1993
English, British
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Barbara Harbottle
Crossref
1213
DAY1
26
District
S Tyneside
Easting
433880
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
Anglo-Saxon
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565220
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
Place
Jarrow
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.
Site Type: Broad
Architectural Fragment
SITEDESC
Incomplete architectural sculpture, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Carving deep and unworn, though damaged. Part of a frieze with scroll inhabited by 2 birds. Framed at the top by a flat-band moulding and with a plinth at the base. 41.9 cm high x 29.2 cm wide. Early C8. Found on the south side of the church in building the school. Possibly part of the same decorative scheme as Jarrow 20, SMR 1213. Dated 8th.
Site Name
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon architectural sculpture
Site Type: Specific
Architectural Fragment
HER Number
1212
Form of Evidence
Find
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)