Digging a hole - walls under ground.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We put a big barrel full of holes in a rubble filled pit. Seems like that but more old fashioned.

Maybe do a raised bed?

Or dig out along the bricks some more. What's on the other side of the bricks?

If I can't fix the drainage, I'll probably fill with rubble, cover it with slabs or pebbles and put a swing chair on top.

I'm gonna empty the whole thing. I've gone one side to another... only need to dig like 4 more trenches of the same size (should be easier than the first) to do that.

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If I can't fix the drainage, I'll probably cover it with slabs or pebbles and put a swing chair on top.

In England the ground is supersoggyy.

That's ridiculously wet. Thats why I'm fixated on it being something drainage related.

I live in a very sandy area. Only springs and sinkholes look like that.

[Baler]

I am a bit surprised by the amount of water in that somewhat shallow hole.

[Cecily]

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The bricks
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some sheets of thick glass
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iron pins?
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how wall appeared before excavation

My best guess is this is evidence of an earlier civilization. Imagine, people used to live on the very same ground you stand on! Isn't that fascinating?

[magnetaress]

Would be cool if you found like an old well that got filled in.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Baler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am a bit surprised by the amount of water in that somewhat shallow hole.

yeah, I was too! At first I was worried I had smashed into an old terracotta pipe or something. That doesn't seem to be the case. I think it is standing water which can't drain, cos it is surrounded by all sides by wall and seems to have a solid bottom (I've not been able to get visual, maybe it is more concrete rubble).

Maybe I should dig the other side of the wall to see what that is like!

[Gravydoo II]

Man you better call tony robinson and that guy with the jean short shorts.

[Jibartik]

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[getsome]

Could be an old cistern used to collect rainwater.

[Jibartik]

Im tellin u they moved the headstones but they didnt move the bodies