Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view of cremation urn in situ, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 ...
SC 760267
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 cremation urn in situ, 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 760267
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Cremation burial with urn, Yeavering Northumberland In this image we can see the base of an upturned pottery vessel during excavation. The type of Early Bronze Age pot is known as a Collared Urn; it was full of cremated bone and dates to the second millennium BC. This type of burial was common throughout Britain at this time. Although the main aim of the excavation was to recover the remains of the palace, a number of prehistoric features were also discovered, including burials and what the excavator described as a stone circle. 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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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES. Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England
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