Archaeological digs

Excavations of St Paul’s and St Peter's monastery by Professor Rosemary Cramp of Durham University took place between 1963 and 1978. The work has been written up by Professor Cramp in her two volume study of Wearmouth-Jarrow.

The artefacts recovered from the earliest monastic buildings date from the late 7th and early 8th century and include large quantities of some of the earliest coloured window-glass from this country, fine imported pottery, green porphyry and beautiful stone carvings as well as artefacts used in the daily lives of the monks.