Autumn 2017
In this issue:
Our FROG group monitors Rotherhithe, whats left foreshore, you might want demarcation lines
of Bermondsey, and the site between them, between properties, but it does make sense. We
FSW02. The most obvious thing that we are seeing had an excellent low tide on our early spring visit
is lots of erosion, especially in Rotherhithe, where to FSW02, and had the best look weve had at a
some of the very numerous mooring features are complicated structure involving a pipe, a square
floating freely around the foreshore. Erosion is also stake-and-plank enclosure with a circular metal
revealing a couple of concentrated nail and feature inside it, and a drainage channel down
metal scatters, which are usually a sign of into the river. Much of this must basically be
shipbreaking. There is another gun carriage below the low water mark all the time. Eliott tells
underneath the main barge bed, we probably us it is the base of a hydraulic crane.
wouldnt have spotted it without the mudlark,
In Bermondsey the causeway and the big
Allan, showing it to us. Its at a similar level to the
gridiron, and possibly an earlier one, are still
other one, presumably also being used to form a
there, but most of the site is now hidden by the
flat level surface to set the barge bed on. It was
Thames Tideway Tunnel coffer dam. But there is
also Allan who explained why we are seeing so
a group of intriguing timber posts that have
many more chains on the foreshore, apparently
recently emerged, ten round posts with the bark
the PLA are dredging them up and dumping them
still on, set in an irregular pattern. We have
higher up, out of the channel.
shown them to Eliott and to Nathalie without
One thing weve started to notice is that there are getting an answer about what they might be!
signs that boundaries were actually marked on the
So, nothing major at the moment, but plenty to
foreshore, with lines of posts. I dont think wed
keep us interested.
considered that, if you were working on the
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More erosion at Greenwich
By Helen Johnston
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Older Londoners Project
By Helen Johnston
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Upcoming Events
Totally Thames Walks and conversation for older people.
9th September, 9:45am: Greenwich To celebrate Silver Sunday, and as part of
10th September, 10:45am: Cannon Street
11th September, 10:45am: Rotherhithe
21st September, 9am: Burrells Wharf
22nd September, 9:30am: Greenwich
23rd September, 10am: Bankside
Foreshore walks are 10.15 per person our Older Londoners Project, we are
hosting an afternoon tea for older people
All events are FREE for over 75s
to share your memories of the River Thames
and find out about the fascinating
Lectures and Workshops archaeology along its banks.
18th November:
We will have artefacts from the Thames
Flint Tools and Knapping techniques foreshore on display and images of the
workshop Thames through time for you to examine.
1st December: Location: Visitors Centre, Mortimer Wheeler
TDP Top TenNathalie Cohen House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London, N1
7ED
All our lectures workshops are FREE,
booking open soon! RSVP to 020 7410 2200 or email
thamesdiscovery@mola.org.uk
Remembering the Thames Tea Party
10th October 2017, 2pm4pm