2010
NZ3365 : Gyrwe, Anglo-Saxon Demonstration Farm, Bede's World
taken 15 years ago, near to Tyne Tunnel, South Tyneside, England

Gyrwe, Anglo-Saxon Demonstration Farm, Bede's World
Bede's World is a museum in Jarrow dedicated to the life and times of the Venerable Bede (673-735AD) Link
He was a monk, author and scholar who lived at the Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wearmouth-Jarrow, a double monastery at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth (today part of Sunderland).
Ancient churches still exist on both sites NZ3365 : Tower, St Paul's Church, Jarrow and NZ4057 : St Peter's Church, Wearmouth but remains of the monastery only at Jarrow NZ3365 : Monastery site & St Paul's Church, Jarrow
Link
The official web site of the museum is here Link
The joint monastery site is (for 2011) the UK's nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Site status Link
See other images of Bede's World

He was a monk, author and scholar who lived at the Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wearmouth-Jarrow, a double monastery at Jarrow and Monkwearmouth (today part of Sunderland).
Ancient churches still exist on both sites NZ3365 : Tower, St Paul's Church, Jarrow and NZ4057 : St Peter's Church, Wearmouth but remains of the monastery only at Jarrow NZ3365 : Monastery site & St Paul's Church, Jarrow
Link

The official web site of the museum is here Link

The joint monastery site is (for 2011) the UK's nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Site status Link

See other images of Bede's World