Spotlight: Clay Pipes (Part 1)
Welcome back to our spotlight series, where we highlight our collections and the amazing work we do at Jarrow Hall! This spotlight is written by placement student Sarah Needham, a MA student from Newcastle University. Sarah decided to research our collection of clay pipes, a common (but maybe underrated!) archaeological find. Read on to see […]
Introducing our Christmas Fayre Stallholders
Take a look at our full list of market traders who’ll be joining us at our Jarrow Hall Christmas Fayre in just over 2 weeks’ time. We can’t wait to welcome everyone back for our busiest event of the year, which promises a vibrant mix of classic returning stalls and fantastic newcomers! Jarrow Hall […]
JAMCam: VIP: Very Important Purrrrson
Week one of Post Excavation has wrapped up and we’ve made a huge amount of progress. We were joined this week by our colleagues from ARS as part of a two-weeks intensive training block (for which volunteer spaces for next week can be found by following the link here, or so I’m told), who have […]
Winter Closure
We’ll be shutting our doors for our annual winter closure from Monday 1st December 2025 until we reopen on Thursday 5th February, with a Reopening Weekend planned for Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th February 2026. Our closure comes a little earlier than usual this year so that we can fit in some essential maintenance works […]
JAMCam: Jarroweeeeeen!
Happy Jarroween everyone! I hope every Goblin and Ghoul reading is having an absolutely spooktacular time, from the bottom of my cold, dead, zombie heart. As we move into the Post Excavation phase of JAM (for which there are still plenty of spaces to sign up to by following this link), we will start […]
JAM Lovers Assemble!
It is finally time to start cataloging the finds recovered this September by the Jarrow Archaeological Mission. This means washing, sorting, weighing, marking, accessioning and maybe even doing a sneaky little bit of research. Post-Excavation work is the part of archaeology you typically don’t see, and is suited to people you enjoy a calm, indoors, […]