Found a well…

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In the garden :) all full of rubble so clearing it out very slowly.

just thought I’d share as I thought it was pretty cool :) not sure if it’s affected by hosepipe bans!
 
Would definitely be careful clearing it - was watching a YT video recently where someone found a well it was like 96 feet deep or something.
 
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.
 
Agree with @Rroff, clearing a garden for a 17th Century cottage a few years back, we discovered a well, started reaching in picking bits out etc, chucked in a coin or two. :D

We got a piece of string and added a weight, it was something like 35-40 foot deep! Would not want to fall in, talk about grim.
 
Yeah similar experience clearing out a relatives place hence my posting - they also discovered a WW2 era bomb shelter which was kind of interesting - proper job about 20 foot underground and 2 good size rooms (sadly they filled it with rubble).
 
Rroff said:
Yeah similar experience clearing out a relatives place hence my posting - they also discovered a WW2 era bomb shelter which was kind of interesting - proper job about 20 foot underground and 2 good size rooms (sadly they filled it with rubble).
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We had a WW2 concrete bunker in our garden when I was a teenager. It was awesome. Just looked like a mound covered in ivy.

It still had a wardens hat in it, so I’d imagine it was used by quite a few people rather than just one family. My dad initially wanted it gone, but was told (I don’t know how accurately) that it was so thick and deep that it would have to be blown out, and that was not feasible in a dense residential area.
 
robfosters said:
We had a WW2 concrete bunker in our garden when I was a teenager. It was awesome. Just looked like a mound covered in ivy.

It still had a wardens hat in it, so I’d imagine it was used by quite a few people rather than just one family. My dad initially wanted it gone, but was told (I don’t know how accurately) that it was so thick and deep that it would have to be blown out, and that was not feasible in a dense residential area.
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Probably a similar story here - maps from a few years before WW2 show where their property was to be an orchard and there was a row of houses the other side of the road (since gone) so likely a community shelter.
 
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