Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon building stone

HER Number:
1211

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon building stone

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C8

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Building stone, in medium-grained orange sandstone. In good condition. A normal building block, 14 cm high x 23 cm wide x 28 cm deep, with one very smoothly dressed face, inscribed in Anglo-Saxon capitals: HELMGYT. Dated to the 8th century and found in 1973 during archaeological excavations.

Easting:
339

Northing:
652

Grid Reference:
NZ339652

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1211 >> J. Higgitt, 1979, The dedication inscription at Jarrow and its context, Antiquaries Journal, LIX, 360-1, 363, pl. 64B R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, p. 114, pl. 97 (522) (Jarrow 18)