Breaking Ground at the Excavation
Yesterday we were delighted to have the Mayor and Mayoress of South Tyneside visit us for our Breaking Ground event in Drewetts Park. Final preparations were underway as our archaeology team of volunteers and staff finished de-turfing the trench areas ahead of the official community excavation beginning this week. We were also joined by trustees, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CALLING ALL JAM ENTHUSIASTS!
We are looking for new Lead Volunteers to assist with the Jarrow Archaeological Mission this September. This role is designed for Archaeology Students based in the North East who are looking to build their portfolio with experience on a community excavation. For more details on the role and where you can apply check out ‘Volunteer […]