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 sherds, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor 1953-1962 Digi ...

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 sherds, 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 774052

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Drawing of pottery sherds, Yeavering, Northumberland This is an archaeological drawing of various pottery sherds discovered at Yeavering. Pottery rims are very useful finds for archaeologists as the size and shape of the vessel can be identified from a single sherd as in drawing P10. This information is gathered through the estimating the width of the rim and the curve of the body section using archaeological illustration. 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. These pottery sherds date to the 5th or 6th century AD. 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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