Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

HER Number

407

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 medium grained yellow sandstone, 7 cm high x 5.3 cm wide x 2.5 cm deep, with one carved face surviving. It was found in 1962 and is thought to date to between the 7th and 9th centuries A.D.

Easting

440200

Northing

557800

Grid Reference

NZ440200557800

Sources

<< HER 407 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 132, Pt 2 pl. 124.684 (Monkwearmouth 23)