Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
HER Number
404
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 local dolomite, 6.5 cm high x 10.5 cm wide x 5 cm deep, with two carved faces containing a fragment of interlace. May be part of the same piece as HER 401 and 403. It was found in 1966 and is thought to date to the late 7th century A.D.
Easting
440200
Northing
557800
Grid Reference
NZ440200557800
Sources
<< HER 404 >> G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture Durham University, Unpublished M Phil thesis, 70, pl. 7B
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 131-2, Pt 2 pl. 124.686-7 (Monkwearmouth 20)
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 131-2, Pt 2 pl. 124.686-7 (Monkwearmouth 20)