The Thames Discovery Programme (TDP), a ground-breaking community archaeology project set up in 2008, looks forward to an exciting programme ahead, as it is taken under the wing of MOLA. The project was also yesterday awarded a prestigious British Archaeological Award for Best Community Archaeology Project.
The project was originally established in order to study and record the fragile archaeology of the Thames inter-tidal zone. Discoveries to date include London’s oldest structure (on the foreshore at Vauxhall), medieval jetties at Greenwich and The Tower of London and the launch slipways for the SS Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. These records are now a valuable educational resource, available for consultation at the Museum of London’s Archaeological Archive and Research Centre (LAARC).
