Found a well…

[Mr.Cookie]

@nox_uk

Hello

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Calling @adele

 

[wolfie138]

hopeful someone doesn't crawl out of your TV.

 

[joey1211]

It rubs the lotion on its skin............. or else it gets the hose again!

I was imagining the op climbing out with a broken leg, Daniel Plainview style.

 

[arknor]

pics or it didn't happen

 

[wonko]

What did the cat say when it fell down a well?

Spoiler

Get meowt

 

[mrbazmondo]

At this point I'm guessing the OP fell down the well when taking pictures for us as they haven't come back.

 

[nox_uk]

Pictures!

Pretty cool, you might find more than rubble and water in it !

Will do, promise just need to erm, find some where to upload them…

 

[nox_uk]

Not replied in a day, reckon he needs some help to get out?

Haha, sorry - I was sorting out a pump for it

 

[nox_uk]

Where about is the well located in relation to your house? Although the rubble may be helping block it it may still fill up which could cause an issue with your foundations depending on its location. A bit doom and gloom I know but I've had a couple of houses affected by old wells through my work.

about 5m away, according to some old maps there was a windmill somewhere close by. From what I gather it was common for those to have wells.

it was also a covered well, subterranean thing, if that makes any difference…

 

[nox_uk]

So this was the ‘what on earth is this’ moment



Once we’d figured it out, and a fair amount of clearing later:

 

[Hotwired]

Looks very tidy

Sort it out into a proper well with a hat on.

 

[nox_uk]

That’s the plan, and we’ll get it tested too, see how good the water is. Plan to at least get it plumbed in to the loo’s, maybe the shower too.

 

[DXP55]

Put something over it -you don't want local wildlife falling in and drowning. Animals I mean not local yobs.

 

[Bunka]

Tied a rock to a piece of string yet and found out how deep it is?

 

[Mysterae_]

Well, that's impressive .

I wonder if that existing pipe was taking water away and why they stopped? Perhaps get a company like Dynorod in with a camera/light so you can see how many dead bodies are at the bottom.

 

[nox_uk]

Put something over it -you don't want local wildlife falling in and drowning. Animals I mean not local yobs.

I’ve made a board for exactly that, it still did not stop a mouse though getting under it. It was very sad especially as we know they live in the wood pile close to it.

 

[nox_uk]

Well, that's impressive .

I wonder if that existing pipe was taking water away and why they stopped? Perhaps get a company like Dynorod in with a camera/light so you can see how many dead bodies are at the bottom.

so it’s actually full with bricks and other rubble - you can see from the top photo, we’ve already taken loads out. We’re down 3m from surface level now, will not likely be able to find out how deep for a while…

we’ve just borrowed a lumberjack harness as going down there was starting to get a bit ‘uneasy’ I can also make jokes about feeling OK…

that pipe, we followed it with a metal detector for a bit then lost the signal. Picked up something else further down the garden though which could be joined, heading off the property. Judging by the size, it’s to get water out, not put it in. That was how we figured it was a well & not soak away

 

[DXP55]

Have to say it's an impressive bit of brickwork.

 

[nox_uk]

Yeah, I am planning on building it upwards once we have excavated more, but I don’t know if I can match that…

I’ll give it a shot though

 

[norm]

Interesting find. Will you get a pump to drain the water that's in there to get a better look at it?