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Object type: Part of impost or slab (?)
Measurements: H. 9 cm (3.5 in); W. 19.5 cm (7.25 in); D. 20.4 cm (8 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pls. 101.538-539, 101.541; 103.550
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 120
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A (long): Framed in a wide flat moulding is part of a frieze of straight balusters.
B (narrow) and C (long): Broken.
D (narrow): Dressed smooth but the moulding does not appear round the edge.
This appears to be part of an impost of the type found at Hexham (nos. 23-8) which could possibly have been related to the Jarrow friezes. However, it is not clear if this fragment comes originally from the demolished domestic buildings or a demolished part of the church, such as the southern range of porticus.
