Tyne and Wear HER(410): Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment - Details
410
Sunderland
Monkwearmouth, Anglo-Saxon architectural fragment
Monkwearmouth
NZ45NW
Architecture
Architectural Fragment
Architectural Fragment
Early Medieval
C7-C9
Find
An architectural fragment, 5 cm high x 10.5 cm wide x 9 cm deep, probably a corner stone, in medium-grained, reddened sandstone. The remains of three carved faces survive, containing some decoration. It was found in 1966 and is thought to date to between the 7th and 9th centuries A.D.
402
578
NZ402578
<< HER 410 >> R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 133, Pt 2 pl. 125.691-2 (Monkwearmouth 26)