Yeavering
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Yeavering () is a hamlet in the north-east corner of the civil parish of Kirknewton in the English county of Northumberland. It is located on the River Glen at the northern edge of the Cheviot Hills. It is noteworthy as the site of a large Anglo-Saxon period settlement that archaeologists have interpreted as being one of the seats of royal power held by the kings of Bernicia in the 7th century AD.
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22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Landscape
- Prehistoric settlement
- Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement
- Iron Age and Romano-British settlement
- Early Medieval settlement
- Foundation
- Buildings
- Burials
- Bede's account
- Excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor
- Scholarly critique
- Summary – the present state of knowledge
- The Gefrin Trust
- Archaeological investigation
- Civil parish
- Yeavering in popular culture
- See also
- References
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- External links
Yeavering () is a hamlet in the north-east corner of the civil parish of Kirknewton in the English county of Northumberland. It is located on the River Glen at the northern edge of the Cheviot Hills. It is noteworthy as the site of a large Anglo-Saxon period settlement that archaeologists have interpreted as being one of the seats of royal power held by the kings of Bernicia in the 7th century AD.
Evidence for human activity in the vicinity has been found from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, although the first significant settlement at Yeavering occurred in the Iron Age. In this period, a heavily inhabited hillfort was constructed on Yeavering Bell which appears to have been a major settlement centre at the time.
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