Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon impost

HER Number:
1225

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon impost

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Structural Component

Site Type: Broad:
Arch

Site Type: Specific:
Impost

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C7-C8

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An impost, perhaps part of furnishing, 12.5 cm high x 25.4 cm wide x 26.7 cm deep, in medium-grained yellow sandstone. Both long faces are carved and incomplete, short sides and top are damaged. The long sides are framed in a flat-band moulding, above and below are groups of balusters with incised caps and bases separated by plain panels. The surface below has been dressed smooth. Dated to the late 7th-8th century. Found in 1966 among loose stones.

Easting:
3388

Northing:
6522

Grid Reference:
NZ33886522

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1225 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture (Jarrow 32) Vol. I, Part 1, p. 121, pls. 106 (578-80), 107 (581)