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 D2, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 Digital im ...
SC 760263
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 D2, 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 760263
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Soil marks of timber hall, Yeavering, Northumberland The dark stains in the soil in this image represent the foundation trenches of one of the timber buildings on the site. It is possible that this building was a temple as it enclosed a pit containing a stack of ox skulls and outside its south end there was a cluster of human burials. The sides of the trenches show how shallow the soil was on the site and illustrate how vulnerable the archaeological features were to damage by repeated ploughing. 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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