Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster frieze

HER Number:
1220

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon baluster frieze

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Element

Site Type: Specific:
Baluster

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C7-C8

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Part of a baluster frieze, in medium to coarse-grained yellow sandstone. Very worn and broken. There is a concave moulding above the balusters which are set on a narrow plinth. Dated to the last quarter of the 7th century to the first quarter of the 8th century. Found in 1969 in the archaeological excavations between the Saxon buildings and the church. Perhaps belongs to the same feature as HER ref. 1219.

Easting:
3389

Northing:
6520

Grid Reference:
NZ33896520

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1220 >> R.J.Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Part 1, pp. 119-20, pl. 101 (542) (Jarrow 27)