Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of drawing of pottery sherd, 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 drawing of pottery sherd, 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 774044

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Drawing of pottery sherd, Yeavering, Northumberland This is an archaeological drawing of a pottery sherd discovered in the earliest phase of the great enclosure. Normally drawings of pottery sherds indicate the width of the rim but in this case only one half of the pot has been drawn. The sherd was a pale-grey colour and had a rough surface. Pottery is almost immune from decay and it can be used to date excavated contexts. The types of vessels and their origins can also provide information on trade. Pottery forms and their functions can also tell us about life in the past. 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

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