Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view of area E excavated, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 Digit ...
SC 760269
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 area E excavated, 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 760269
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Excavated trenches of amphitheatre area, Yeavering, Northumberland Aerial photographs of the site revealed a curious set of markings in the form of a series of concentric arcs of ditch. This view shows the site after excavation. This is one of the most remarkable buildings constructed in post-Roman Britain. It is similar to a Roman amphitheatre. It has been interpreted as an assembly place. This is perhaps where Paulinus, the Christian missionary, converted the Northumbrians before leading them to the River Glen to be baptised. 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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