Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft

HER Number:
998

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Cross

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:
C9-C10

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
An incomplete cross-shaft, in 2 pieces now re-united, in soft yellow sandstone, mutilated and worn. Decorative carving includes panels of interlace enclosed in an outer flat-band and inner roll moulding, a panel of plant-scroll, and a split plait. It is 81.5 cm high x 36.5 cm wide x 13.5 cm deep. It was found in 1969 in archaeological excavations reused in the foundations of the east range of the medieval monastery, and has been dated to the last quarter of 9th century to the first quarter of 10th century.

Easting:
339

Northing:
652

Grid Reference:
NZ339652

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 998 >> G. Adcock, 1974, A study of the types of interlace on Northumbrian sculpture, Durham University Unpublished thesis, 294-300, pls. 141-2, 143 A-B R.J. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Vol. I Part 1, p. 108, plate 92 (487-90) (Jarrow 4)