Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
HER Number
401
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
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
An architectural fragment in fine-grained yellow sandstone, 12 cm high x 18 cm wide x 18 cm deep. Its only surviving carved face contains part of a panel of interlace decoration. It was found in 1966 immediately south of the church and is thought to date to the late 7th century A.D.
Easting
440200
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440200557800
Sources
<< HER 401 >> D.M. Wilson & D.G. Hurst, eds. 1967, Medieval Britain in 1966, Medieval Archaeology, XI, 264
G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture Durham University, Unpublished M Phil thesis, 69-71, pl. 7A
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt. 1 131, Pt. 2 pl. 124.681 (Monkwearmouth 17)
G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture Durham University, Unpublished M Phil thesis, 69-71, pl. 7A
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt. 1 131, Pt. 2 pl. 124.681 (Monkwearmouth 17)