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 […]
JAMCam: Bone Spindle
Image: Bone spindle recovered from Trench 304, Context 2036. Today on the JAMCam we’re looking at another object from our collection; this beautiful Mid-Late Saxon bone spindlewhorl. This artefact was found during Rosemary Cramp’s excavations of the monastic site at Jarrow St. Pauls in 1973. It was found in context 2036. This spindlewhorl, or just […]
JAMCam: Silver Penny of Edward the Confessor
Image: Fragment of a silver penny of Edward the Confessor, hammer cross type. Late Saxon/Early Medieval. Edward the Confessor was born to King Aethelred II and Emma of Normandy in Islip, Oxfordshire, sometime between 1002 and 1005. He was elected King of England by popular choice after the death of his half-brother, King Harthacnut on […]
Jarrow Archaeological Mission (JAM) Tender
Apply to support our first year of JAM made possible with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund! Overview Groundwork North and South Tyneside Jarrow Hall, with funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund, would like to invite an archaeological company to support the re-opening of the excavations at Drewett’s Park in Jarrow from July to December 2025. The […]