A late 8th to late 9th century round-headed grave marker inscribed with a circle containing Anglo Saxon capitals around a cross

Date:: 1911 - 1930

Location:: Hexham Abbey, Market Place, Hexham, Northumberland; Show all locations

St Andrew's Priory Church, Market Place, Hexham, Northumberland

Reference:: OP30661

Type:: Photograph (Printing Out Paper Print)

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Description

This stone grave marker is recorded as 'Hexham 13, Northumberland', in The Corpus of Anglo Saxon Stone Sculpture. It is recorded as a grave marker, found in January 1911, during the digging of foundations of a building in Beaumont Street, Hexham. The stone is now in a niche in the north wall of Hexham Abbey.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/32 Early Photographic Print Collection: Northumberland; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Anglo Saxon Architecture, Stone Carving, Early Medieval Grave Marker