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Winter 2026Features
The Civil War Defences: Hyde Park to Millbank Part 2 of this survey describes the principal features of the western defences from Hyde Park Corner south to the Thames at Millbank. Part 1 (published in LA 17 (9)) provided the background to this research. Peter Mills Roman & Saxon Burials, Lion Green Rd, Coulsdon The latest in a series of archaeological works at this site, a series of Roman and Saxon burials are described and set in their regional contexts. Jessica Bryan, Walter (Jo) Ahmet, Charlotte Burn & Don Walker The Brandon Family in Tudor Southwark Brickmakers, builders & gaolers, the Brandon family rose from leasing a couple of properties in Borough High Street in the 1 5th century to a marriage with Henry Vlll's sister and a huge mansion fit to entertain kings. Graham Dawson & Bruce Watson Plus reviews, commentary, news, and diary On the Cover Small elephant ivory pocket sundial, mid-1 6th/mid-1 7th century in date. It would have been hinged (as shown above) to open like a book to reveal the inner plates. It told the time by measuring the position of the sun and would have been used on land, as opposed to an hourglass at sea. It is missing its magnetic compass in the circular indent of the base plate and also the projecting gnomon, which would have cast a shadow on the hour lines of the dial face, indicating the local solar time. This was an unusual foreshore find in that both pieces were found by different mudlarkers looking in the same area. However, amazingly, there was a lapse of eight years before the second half was found and united with the first half. On display in the Secrets of the Thames exhibition at Museum in London Docklands until March 2026. Photo © London Museum |