Archaeology Lecture No.4 | Archaeology in Jarrow: Past and Present
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Archaeology Lecture No.4 | Archaeology in Jarrow: Past and Present

This will include an overview of these findings and their potential impact on our broader understanding of Anglo-Saxon Northumberland.

By The Lit and Phil

Date and time

Monday, June 23 · 6 - 7pm GMT+1

Location

The Lit & Phil

23 Westgate Road Newcastle NE1 1SE United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Monday 23rd June | 6pm

Dr Marco Romeo-Pitone

Jarrow Hall Anglo-Saxon Farm, Village and Bede Museum

The small town of Jarrow, in South Tyneside, has always attracted the attention of historians and archaeologists for its famous connections with the Venerable Bede and the Golden Age of Northumbria.

More than 60 years ago, after having carried out archaeological investigations around the Saxon church of St. Peter in Monkwearmouth, Dame Professor Rosemary Cramp (Durham University) started the excavation of the site at St. Paul’s Church in Jarrow, where the remains of some walls belonging to the old monastery are still standing. Between 1963 and 1978, Cramp’s team uncovered the vast majority of the Anglo-Saxon buildings, the cemetery and the medieval structures related to Jarrow monastery.

This talk wants to offer a brief overview of the archaeological evidence found in Jarrow, following the history of the excavations and exploring what opportunities the site offers to archaeologists and the public today.

A LIVE Lit & Phil Event | FREE

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Archaeological excavations at the monastery of St Paul in Jarrow. 1978. © | Photograph source South Tyneside Council and provided by promoter

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