Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view drawing by Brian Hope-Taylor of demolition trough. Digital image o ...

Description Ex-Scotland, Yeavering, Anglo-Saxon settlement - timber halls (Bede's Ad Gefrin) and Iron Age Hill fort (NGR 926 305) Copy of view drawing by Brian Hope-Taylor of demolition trough. Digital image only

Date 1953 to 1962

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

Catalogue Number SC 774107

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Diagram of wall trenches, Yeavering, Northumberland This is a diagram by Brian Hope-Taylor illustrating examples of the wall trenches of the timber halls at Yeavering. Trench A shows the original wall line where timber planks were inserted in the trench and surrounded by packing soil. Above this is soil that entered the trench when the building was demolished. Trench B shows the trenches and wall lines of two halls superimposed. When the Anglo-Saxons arrived at Yeavering they built an array of timber halls, the largest of which measured 25m in length by 11m in width. It was thought to be a royal feasting hall, and close to it was a ditched enclosure, for keeping cattle awaiting the feastings. This was a time when kings progressed through their lands, living off the produce from their estates. 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/774107

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