Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon grave-marker

HER Number:
1205

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon grave-marker

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Grave Marker

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C7-C8

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Lower part of a grave-marker in medium-grained, massive, micaceous sandstone, 24 cm high x 32 cm wide x 10.5 cm deep. Broken and damaged. The lower part of a relief cross-edged by flat-band moulding, with the remains of an inscription on either side. Late 7th century - early 8th century. Found in 1970 during archaeological excavations.

Easting:
339

Northing:
652

Grid Reference:
NZ339652

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1205 >> J. Higgitt, 1979, The dedication inscription at Jarrow and its context, Antiquaries Journal, LIX, pl. 64 R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 110, fig. 14, pl. 94 (506-9) (Jarrow 12)