Volume I: County Durham and Northumberland

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Current Display: Tynemouth 03, Northumberland Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne, no. 1956.209.A
Evidence for Discovery
First mentioned by Carr (18956). Later noticed by M. Phillips in cutting for drain in Tynemouth Castle yard, in front of south-west gateway of large magazine, and due south of west front of ruins.
Church Dedication
No Dedication
Present Condition
Worn in places and showing signs of reuse
Description

A (broad): Two nearly complete and one incomplete registers of double-stranded simple pattern E, enclosed in a wide roll moulding which returns at the top right. The chiselling is good but the knots are unevenly placed and vary markedly in size.

B (narrow): Very worn but seems to be closed circuit turned pattern D edged by a wide roll moulding.

C (broad): Dressed almost flat; traces of mortar.

D (narrow): Two and a half complete registers of closed circuit turned pattern D and the beginning of another at the top, enclosed in a single wide roll moulding.

Discussion

This piece seems to be of the same school as 2, since it uses the same interlace patterns and technique.

Date
Late tenth to early eleventh century
References
(—) 1895-6a; Carr 1895-6; (—) 1901-2f, 276, pl. facing 274; Carr 1904, 120-1, fig. 2; Greenwell 1907, 134; Cramp 1966, 120, pl. 3B; Adcock 1974, 215-16, pls. 94, 95D; Bailey 1980, 195, fig. 57C; Cramp and Miket 1982, no. 42
Endnotes

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