Tynemouth, frag. Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft or arch. feature

HER Number

126

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, frag. Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft or arch. feature

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

Part of a cross-shaft or architectural feature in coarse-grained, yellow sandstone. It is in good condition but covered in paint or plaster. Decoration includes 2 or 3 ribbon animals with double-outlined bodies. It was found during excavation in 1963, incorporated into the wall of the Spanish Battery. It has been dated to the 10th century.

Easting

437300

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ437300569000

Sources

<< HER 126 >> . R.J. Cramp, 1966, A cross from St. Oswald,s Church, Durham,... Durham Univ. J, LVIII, p. 120
G. Jobey 1967, Excavation at Tynemouth Priory and Castle, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLV, pp. 33-104
R.J. Cramp, 1967, in G. Jobey, Excavation at Tynemouth Priory and Castle, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XLV, pp. 99-104, pl. 10
R.N. Bailey, 1980, Viking Age Sculpture in Northern England 196
E. Roesdahl, ed. et al. 1981, The Vikings in England and their Danish Homeland 91, no. F12
R.J. Cramp & R. Miket, 1982, Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon...Antiquities in Museum of Antiquities... no. 45
.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I Part 1, pp. 227-8, pl. 226, 1266-69, (Tynemouth 4)