Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view of model of site in time of Penda and Cadwallon, excavations by Bria ...
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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 model of site in time of Penda and Cadwallon, 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 760275
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Model of 'Ad Gefrin' in King Edwin's reign, Yeavering, Northumberland This is a model made by Brian Hope-Taylor of what the palace complex might have looked in the time of King Edwin. We can see the royal hall in the centre, to the right is the cattle enclosure and, to the left, the amphitheatre. There are further halls to the left which may have served a variety of purposes. During the 7th century Northumbria was established as a Christian kingdom and this coincided with the period when its rulers controlled most of Anglo-Saxon England. The palace complex at Yeavering was destroyed by fire, possibly in AD 651, as a result of an attack by king Penda of Mercia. 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/40/4
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