An opportunity for budding Archaeologists!
We at Jarrow Hall are organising a very special opportunity for anyone interested in pursuing a future in archaeology. We will soon be offering an SQA Level 3 in Archaeological Practice. This is a vocational qualification designed by the Scottish Qualifications Association, working with the Council for British Archaeology, meant to provide another pathway into […]
£38,669 Awarded from Museum Renewal Fund
We are delighted to be joining other museums this week in announcing that Jarrow Hall has been awarded £38,669 from the Government Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) Museum Renewal Fund. The funding comes at a critical time to support museum resilience and allows us to continue engaging volunteers and maintain core museum running […]
Stained Glass in Jarrow – a Window Connecting the Present and the Past
Last week we shared a fantastic blog post by Eleanor, a placement student from Newcastle University, about Anglo-Saxon herbal remedies. This week we have another blog post from one of our placement students to share with you. Grace, also from Newcastle University, was very interested in our hugely significant collection of stained glass. She decided […]
JAMCam: Backfilling and Backache
This week on site we focused on backfilling Trench 1 and our test pits all by hand, and only a few muscles were pulled in the process, which by archaeological standards is pretty good for backfilling. Image: Backfilling Trench 1. We managed to get all of the re-turfing done just in the nick of time as Storm Amy rolled in. Even though we might be finished […]
Healing Old Wounds: Exploring Anglo-Saxon Herbal Medicine
Here at Jarrow Hall it is our privilege to work with students who are on placement with us through their universities. Therefore this blog post was written by Eleanor Meardon, a postgraduate student working with us from Newcastle University. Eleanor found herself interested in our herb garden and how the Anglo-Saxons used herbs in the […]
JAMCam: The Jarrow Wyrm
A sad day has set for JAM, as we mark the last official day of excavations for the season (we’re considering the Young Archaeologists Club visit tomorrow more a post-credit scene). As we prepare to back fill, it’s time to look at all the progress we’ve made in the last week. But first, that backfilling […]