Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture

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Resource identifiers

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Hexham 49, Northumberland

Overview
Object Type Romanesque coped tegulated grave-cover with fragmentary, and possibly secondary, inscription on ridge [1]
Measurements Not known
Stone Type Uncertain
Corpus Volume Reference 251
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National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery
NY935641
Latitude
54.971474
Longitude
-2.103069
Diocese
Newcastle
Present Location
Not known
Evidence for Discovery
Not known
Church Dedication
St Andrew
Present Condition
Not known
Date
Not known
Earliest Date
0
Latest Date
2000
Description
Not known
Discussion
Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period).
References
Longstaffe 1861, 153; Raine 1865, lxxxvii and fig.; Collingwood 1925, 90; Okasha 1971, 80, pl. 53A-B
Endnotes
1. The following are general references to the Hexham stones: (—) 1855-7a, 45-6; Rowe 1877, 62-3; Allen 1889, 230; Bailey 1980, 79, 81, 83.
Subjects
Monument Form: Recumbent Monument
Monument Type: Grave, Inscribed
Monument Feature: Cover, Inscription
Monument Period (MIDAS term): Uncertain
Horizon: Uncertain

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