Monkwearmouth Church, Roman stone

HER Number:
415

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth Church, Roman stone

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Architecture

Site Type: Broad:
Architectural Fragment

Site Type: Specific:
Architectural Fragment

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Roman stone in the north wall of the west porch of the church, measuring 12 inches by 6 inches, placed about one foot above the ground (like HER no. 414). The ornament upon it is of crude interlaced work, apparently hacked out with a pick. A stone with similar crude decoration is in the vestry of the church.

Easting:
402

Northing:
578

Grid Reference:
NZ402578

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 415 >> J. Hall, 1931, The dates of the monastic remains of St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Antiquities of Sunderland, XVIII (for 1918-25), 47 E.A. Fisher, 1962, The Greater Anglo-Saxon Churches, p. 89 R.J.Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I, Pt 1 Appendix C 155 (Monkwearmouth 32)