JAMCam: De-turfing and Training
Image: The JAMFam installing project posters on site. Today we wrapped up a week of hard work behind the scenes at JAM. Museum staff, along with our Lead Volunteers have been working with staff from Archaeological Resource Services to make sure that we’re up to scratch on our knowledge of the archaeological process as well […]
It’s Time to Open the JAM Jar!
After much excitement and wrangling computer systems, we are finally able to accept community volunteer applications for the Jarrow Archaeological Mission! To sign up, you can find the event on the South Tyneside’s Community Page on Plinth. You will need to sign up with a username and password (or just use your Google account) and […]
September Closures
Jarrow Hall will be closed to visitors from Monday 1st to Friday 5th September for essential maintenance works on the building, and again on Sun 7th Sep for the Great North Run. We’ll be open as normal on Saturday 6th September, however, and Hive Coffee Company remain open as usual every day. From Mon 8th […]
JAMCam: Exciting Updates
Hello, Welcome back to the JAMCam! We have some exciting updates this week. Firstly, we have fences! Images: The Jarrow Hall Land Team install fences to mark the site of excavation. Our Heras Fencing finally arrived, which means that we were able to set up our area of excavation for the site. Altogether JAM will […]
Welcoming Shirley to the Team
It’s with great excitement that we announce Shirley Ogle as our new Lead Volunteer on the farm. Shirley has been a wonderful member of our volunteering team for two years and is the ‘Mother Hen’ to our farm volunteers and animals. She has lots of experience in animal care, particularly equine, and is the proud […]
JAMCam: Saxon Window Glass JA73
Image: Saxon Window Glass with Site Code JA73 and accession number in black ink. Another week; another JAMCam, and this week we are taking a closer look at these examples of Saxon window glass held within our collection. This window glass was recovered during Rosemary Cramps’ excavations in Jarrow in 1973 which we can tell […]