Two weeks ago, while returning over Tower Bridge after a spot of two-wheeled exploring, I noticed that there was a lot of mudlarkery going on on the shore of the Thames below the Tower.
I wrote at the time:
Surprising that it's possible to dig up artefacts at such a shallow depth in the heart of London. I would have thought that they'd all have been whisked away many years ago.
And what do I see this morning? A story on the
BBC website about a rare find:
A linked
article from the
East London Advertiser confirms
that this mediaeval roof finial was found on that very shore by a mudlark. Experts at the Museum of London believe that the finial, which would have adorned the ridges of roof tiles around the 12th or 13th Century, was made near Woolwich.
I like the thought that back in the middle ages Woolwich was producing articles that adorned the roofs of the city. Sceptics, though, might see it as a forerunner of the garden gnome....
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