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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Bede's World (Jarrow) Alternative Name: Jarrow Hall, Anglo Saxon Crosses (Jarrow), Bede's museum,Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.192 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Tyne and Wear Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: South Tyneside
Map Ref: NZ33756542
Latitude: 54.982244N Longitude: 1.474175W
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
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Bede's museum (formerly Bede's World) is now part of the Jarrow Hall visitor attraction, some 200 yards from St. Paul's Church & St. Bede's Monastery in Tyne and Wear. Whilst maybe not for the purist, who likes to see their Anglo Saxon crosses in situ, this museum is designed to take you into the world Bede lived and worked in.
It holds many finds from the excavation of St. Bede's Monastery and is a fascinating collection of items ranging from fragments of Anglo Saxon stained glass, architectural fragments, cross shafts and heads through to modern sculptures.
We went to find some of the fragments listed in the Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture, and whilst finding some of them, the rest appear to be stored away; we have been told by the lady on reception that if we email the curator in advance of our next visit, the museum will arrange for us to view these, if only on a pallet backstage.
Jarrow Hall is located on Church Bank, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear, NE32 3DY (Tel: 0191 489 2106), not far from the Tyne Tunnel. For those of you with young families, it also houses a remarkable reconstruction of an Anglo Saxon farmstead and a superb herb garden, designed by Professor Rosemary Cramp (of the University of Durham/Corpus of Anglo Saxon Sculpture) and Richard Kilburn.
Official Web Site: www.jarrowhall.org.uk
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