Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view of building DI, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 Digital im ...
SC 760256
Description Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view of building DI, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 Digital image only
Date c. 1953 to 1962
Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England
Catalogue Number SC 760256
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Soil marks of timber hall, Yeavering, Northumberland This view shows the dark marks that represent the foundation trenches of one of the timber buildings. The excavator has carefully sprayed the archaeological features with water before the photograph was taken to make them more prominent. Until the 1960s most excavations comprised a grid of small trenches. Brian Hope-Taylor was one of the pioneers of a new technique of open area excavation, which did away with the need for the baulks of the grid. This technique was used to great effect at Yeavering and was in large part responsible for the success of the excavation. 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/40/2
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