Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort, Northumberland (NGR NT 926 305) Copy of view of Old Yeavering from North, excavations by Brian ...

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SC 757071

Description Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort, Northumberland (NGR NT 926 305) Copy of view of Old Yeavering from North, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 Digital image only

Date 1953 to 1962

Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England

Catalogue Number SC 757071

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Distant view, Yeavering, Northumberland The site of the palace lies on the whale-backed ridge in the middle ground of this photograph. Behind and to the right is Yeavering Bell, which is crowned by the ramparts of a large Iron Age hillfort. Bede refers to Yeavering because it was here in 627AD that Paulinus, bishop of York, while guest of Edwin, king of Northumbria, baptised a large number of his subjects. Yeavering was the site of an Anglo-Saxon royal palace associated with the kings of Northumbria. Excavations undertaken by Brian Hope-Taylor between 1953 and 1962 revealed the ground plans of an extraordinary array of timber buildings, which had lain undisturbed since the site was abandoned. The palace entered the historical record in the 7th century when it was mentioned by Bede, who referred to it as 'Ad Gefrin'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference HT/40/14

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