The itinerary provides details of an archaeology day on the River Thames with three speakers. Steve Webster and Alison James will speak about excavations of a London shipwreck. Graham Scott will discuss the recovery of a JU88T German WWII aircraft from the Thames Estuary. Elliot Wragg will discuss archaeological work by the Thames Discovery Programme along the Thames foreshore.

1. Itinerary
Thames Archaeology Day
13:00 – 13:45:
Steve Webster (Cotswold Archaeology) and Alison James (English Heritage), speaking about excavations of the London shipwreck.
14:00 – 14:45:
Graham Scott (Wessex Archaeology) speaking about the recovery of the JU88T German WWII aircraft.
15:00 – 15:45:
Elliot Wragg (Thames Discovery Programme) speaking about work undertaken by the programme on the archaeological sites located along the foreshore of the River Thames.
The River Thames has long been an amazing resource for the archaeologist having been utilized by humans since it came to occupy its current course some 12,000 years ago. This talk will look at the history of the archaeology of the Thames in the Greater London Area, before looking at the Thames Discovery Programme, and more recent discoveries that have emerged from the fast eroding foreshore.
All talks take place in the
Beecroft Lecture Theatre
During dredging works for the new London Gateway Port in 2011, fragments of a German Junkers 88 bomber where recovered from the Thames Estuary. Graham Scott of Wessex Archaeology will use parts from the recovered aircraft to talk about how this important relic of the Second World War was discovered, recovered and identified and about why one piece of wreckage continues to be an archaeological mystery.
Built in Chatham in 1656 for the Cromwellian Navy, the London played a significant role in British history. After the death of Oliver Cromwell, she formed part of an English Squadron sent in 1660 to collect Charles II from the Netherlands for the Restoration. The London’s illustrious career was cut short on 7th March 1665, when she blew up at the Nore near Southend-on-Sea. Cotswold Archaeology has been commissioned by English Heritage to carry out underwater excavations throughout 2014- 2015, in order to find out how much archaeological material survives.
Refreshments are provided and there will be opportunities to speak with the archaeologists and view some of the artefacts
Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 6EX
01702 212511