Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon grave-marker
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
Grave Marker
Site Type: Specific
Gravestone
General Period
EARLY MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Early Medieval 410 to 1066
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
433900
Northing
565200
Grid Reference
NZ433900565200
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)
R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 110, fig. 14, pl. 94 (506-9) (Jarrow 12)