Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

HER Number:
409

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C7-C8

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An architectural fragment in coarse-grained yellow sandstone, 11 cm high x 7.5 cm wide x 3.5 cm deep. Probably the corner of a shaft or building stone, with a grooved moulding. The stone appears to have been recut and there are traces of fine mortar with a soft lime-washed surface covering the surface of the primary paint, which is a dense white covering over-painted with red. It was found in 1967 and is thought to date to between the 7th and 8th centuries A.D.

Easting:
402

Northing:
578

Grid Reference:
NZ402578

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 409 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt.1 133, Pt 2 pl. 124.685 (Monkwearmouth 25)