December 27, 2006

Medieval waterworks found at Shrewsbury

Workmen preparing the site of new public toilets have unearthed a 600-year-old sandstone watercourse, believed to have been an important feature of the Shrewsbury Abbey grounds in medieval times.

The find was made as contractors broke the ground for the new loos being built in Abbey Foregate.

Full article here.

Posted by David on December 27, 2006 6:04 PM

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Posted by: David Stef on December 27, 2006 11:01 PM

Those of us who love the Brother Cadfael stories have a special affection for Shrewsbury, even though the Brother is fiction and the Abbey is/was not.

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