Volunteer Research: Keys
We want to highlight some fantastic research by one of our volunteers, Kieran. Kieran has been volunteering with us for over a year now in collections. Kieran does a lot of behind the scenes work helping us to document all of our objects – but recently, he asked to do some research for us. Of […]
JAMCam: Detailed Analysis
It’s been a busy week at Jarrow Hall as we prepare for Ostara. If you visited over the weekend, you might even have taken part in our golden egg hunt. The JAM Fam has been just as busy with our own kind of whimsical merry making: detailed pottery analysis. But before we get into all that, we would like to give a very big thank […]
Recognise These Objects? We Need You!
As those of you following our JAM excavations might know, we found lots of very interesting objects during the dig in Drewett’s Park last summer. They told us a lot about Jarrow’s social history and industrial heritage. Because we would like to try to understand more about our artefacts, we are reaching out to you! […]
Spotlight: JAM
Hello and welcome back to our spotlight series, picking up with our second spotlight of the year. This time we are highlighting our incredible JAM project and learning more about what archaeology is really like. So what is JAM? JAM stands for Jarrow Archaeological Mission. This project, made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is helping us […]
JAMCam: Pipe Dreams
Hello and Welcome to this Weeks JAMCam, where we continue our adventure into the worlds of clay pipes. If you’re up to date on our updates, then you’ll know that last week we spent some time looking at our pipe collection and researching local manufacturers in order to understand where to start when dating the material. This week we took that a step further by splitting the pipes into a broad chronology. Caption: the ordered chaos of JAM HQ We’ve done this in order to create a […]
Living History Volunteers Needed!
Passion for early-medieval history? Then we have the opportunity for you! Living History Volunteers In 2026 we want to expand our living history offer. Our existing group of wonderful living history team are experts in Anglo-Saxon life and bring a touch of magic to our visitor experience through heritage skills demonstrations and more. We would […]