Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of plan of regional setting, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 Digit ...

Description Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of plan of regional setting, 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 760280

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Map showing regional setting, Yeavering, Northumberland This map shows Ad Gefrin (Yeavering) in its regional setting in the 7th century AD, before the kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira were merged to become Northumbria. The major sites at Bamburgh and Lindisfarne are depicted along with Anglo-Saxon cemeteries and place-names, which indicate the locations of Anglo-Saxon settlements. In 547 AD, Bamburgh, a British stronghold was seized by Ida, king of Bernica. Ida's grandson, Athelfrith, continued the expansion of Bernicia by taking the lands of Deira and thus founding the kingdom of Northumbria. 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/40/13

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/760280

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap