Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of drawing showing wall construction of the halls, excavations by Brian Hope- ...

Description Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of drawing showing wall construction of the halls, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962

Date c. 1953 to 1962

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

Catalogue Number E 33957 P

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 761018

Scope and Content Construction of the timber walls, Yeavering, Northumberland This drawing illustrates the method of construction of the walls of one of the timber halls. As we can see timber planks were inserted into continuous trenches and surrounded with packing soil. This drawing is by the excavator Brian Hope-Taylor. 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/48/1

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