Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Monkwearmouth 27, Durham Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Sunderland Museum, no.43-1973/109
Evidence for Discovery
Found in 1966 in archaeological excavations, no. MK.66.UR
Church Dedication
St Peter
Present Condition
Good
Description

A: The surface is smoothly polished and deeply incised with two parallel lines.

D and F: Smoothly dressed.

Discussion

This seems to be part of a curving, decorative strip. It could relate to some of the other fragments in the same type of stone and finished with a smooth polished surface.

Date
Late seventh to early eighth century
References
Unpublished
Endnotes

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