.
Prehistoric forest at Erith, Bexley: photo by Nathalie Cohen, 17 November 2006 via Thames Discovery Programme
Trig, Broken, Kennett, Bell,
the scumbled edge unravelled
surging with every
each tide unpicking
between Thames
and Thamesis
Londinium
and the City
wave-loosened shards
and earthen-ware
smashed unremembered
with every tide, remixed
cast back, sucked in again
![Greenwich Power Station and Jetty]()
Greenwich Power Station and Jetty: photo by Mike Webber, 1996 via Thames Discovery Programme
![Trinity Almshouse Stairs]()
![Riverside wall and Trinity Almshouse stairs]()
![Reused stones near Trinity Almshouse Stairs]()
![Elizabeth I shilling]()
Elizabeth I shilling, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham (Woolwich John): photo by John Higginbotham, 12 February 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
Henry VIII silver coin, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham (Woolwich John): photo by Nick Stevens, 12 January 2012
![Anglo-Saxon coin: The Fitzwilliam Museum had this to say: 'This is an excellent example of the bust Crowned type of Eadmund (939-46) by the Norwich moneyer Mainticen, who also produced the bust Crowned type for Athelstan (924/5-39) Th]()
Bottle top, perhaps from an ink or medicine bottle (?), found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham: photo by John Higginbotham, 16 March 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
![Gaming piece / marble]()
Gaming piece, marble, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham: photo by John Higginbotham and Nick Stevens, 15 October 2013 via Thames Discovery Programme
![Child's spinning top with spinning top token]()
Child's spinning top with spinning top token, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham: photo by John Higginbotham and Nick Stevens, 15 October 2013 via Thames Discovery Programme
![Glass artefact]()
Neolithic beater, recovered from the Thames foreshore at Chelsea in the late 1990s: photo by Museum of London, 6 November 2008 via Thames Discovery Programme
![Roman intaglio, found on the Southwark foreshore]()
Roman intaglio, found on the Southwark foreshore: photo by Museum of London, 20 May 1999 via Thames Discovery Programme
Something a bit Anthony Gormley about these cofferdam piles (Greenwich): photo by Nathalie Cohen, 2 February 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
View of the medieval jetty (Greenwich): photo by Nathalie Cohen, 2 February 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
Prehistoric forest at Erith, Bexley: photo by Nathalie Cohen, 17 November 2006 via Thames Discovery Programme
bankedrubble, centuries deep
along the ghost-wharves
along the ghost-wharves
Trig, Broken, Kennett, Bell,
Allhallows, Queenhithe, Dyer's Hall
the scumbled edge unravelled
by fractious wavelets
surging with every
passing barge
each tide unpicking
this ragged seam
between Thames
and Thamesis
Londinium
and the City
wave-loosened shards
of the city's stone-
and earthen-ware
its brick and tile
smashed unremembered
histories washed out
with every tide, remixed
by the coiling waters
cast back, sucked in again
to the river's dark embrace
its deep encryption
Barry Taylor: from Foreshore Findings, 2014
Greenwich Power Station and Jetty: photo by Mike Webber, 1996 via Thames Discovery Programme
Riverside wall and Trinity Almshouse Stairs: photo by Mike Webber, 1996 via Thames Discovery Programme
Reused stones near Trinity Almshouse Stairs: photo by Mike Webber, 1996 via Thames Discovery Programme
Elizabeth I shilling, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham (Woolwich John): photo by John Higginbotham, 12 February 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
Henry VIII silver coin, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham (Woolwich John): photo by Nick Stevens, 12 January 2012
via Thames Discovery Programme
Anglo-Saxon coin, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham (Woolwich John): The Fitzwilliam Museum had this to say: 'This is an excellent example of the bust Crowned type of Eadmund (939-46) by the Norwich moneyer Mainticen, who also produced the bust Crowned type for Athelstan (924/5-39): photo by John Higginbotham, 12 February 2014via Thames Discovery Programme
Spoon, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham (Woolwich John): photo by John Higginbotham, 12 February 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
Bottle top, perhaps from an ink or medicine bottle (?), found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham: photo by John Higginbotham, 16 March 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
Gaming piece, marble, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham: photo by John Higginbotham and Nick Stevens, 15 October 2013 via Thames Discovery Programme
Child's spinning top with spinning top token, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham: photo by John Higginbotham and Nick Stevens, 15 October 2013 via Thames Discovery Programme
Glass artifact, found in Thames foreshore by mudlarker John Higginbotham: photo by John Higginbotham and Nick Stevens, 15 October 2013 via Thames Discovery Programme
Neolithic beater, recovered from the Thames foreshore at Chelsea in the late 1990s: photo by Museum of London, 6 November 2008 via Thames Discovery Programme
Roman intaglio, found on the Southwark foreshore: photo by Museum of London, 20 May 1999 via Thames Discovery Programme
Something a bit Anthony Gormley about these cofferdam piles (Greenwich): photo by Nathalie Cohen, 2 February 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme
View of the medieval jetty (Greenwich): photo by Nathalie Cohen, 2 February 2014 via Thames Discovery Programme