Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of plan of halls A1a, b and c and palisades 1,2 and 3 , excavations by Brian ...

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 halls A1a, b and c and palisades 1,2 and 3 , excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962

Date c. 1953 to 1962

Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England

Catalogue Number E 33956 P

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 760911

Scope and Content Plan of later royal timber halls, Yeavering, Northumberland This plan shows, at its centre, one of the ten timber halls on the site. It had been rebuilt twice: the earliest building is shaded with zigzag hatching; its replacement had an annex at either end; while in the final phase, shown in black, the hall has a single annex. The middle hall is shaded with dots and has an annex at both ends. The later hall is shaded black and has one annex at the right side of the drawing. To the right part of an earlier and larger hall can be seen. These halls were used only when the king visited the palace complex to collect the food rents owed by his tenants on the surrounding estate. As well as providing accommodation for the king, they also functioned as places for feasting and as courts of law. 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/47/3

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