JAMCam: Breaking our Backfills
Another beautiful week for JAM, as the team battled the weather and the soil to open site. It’s hard to believe it’s only May, but as the heat continues to soar this summer, we all have to remain safe, especially us out in the field. So remember to drink plenty of water, wear sun cream, and stay cool in the shade when you […]
JAMCam: Big Updates Incoming
Hello Everyone! It really has been a long time since we all caught up, hasn’t it. My apologies, but we’ve been very busy this past wee while getting ready for the re-opening of our littlke site in Drewett’s park for the 2026 excavation season. You might have noticed the fences back up in the park with some lovely new posters in JAM’s signature colour; ‘Autumn’. You might also have noticed a big muddy hole as we […]
Re-Opening the JAM Jar
**Important Updates** We are finally opening our volunteer sign-up for JAM! Follow the link to South Tyneside’s Community Page on Plinth ->Here<- for all of our volunteering options. We have places for excavation and finds processing in July and August, and we need your help to de-turf over the next few weeks. It’s all completely […]
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 […]