26th June 2014, 01:38 PM
Funny how we don't like this re-invention of the traditional waste-disposal method that predated sewers, but just let us find a medieval vaulted cesspit and we're as happy as a pig in... well, YOU know! :o)
Having read the EH guide, it DOES have a boat-load of pointers about seeking suitably qualified archaeological, architectural, and structural advice from professionals. So I assume its mention of Trench Arch (the Emperor's new cesspit?) is simply a suggestion that they don't always need to deep-trench all the way out to the main sewer in the street? All other common-sense caveats would still apply, and any Curator who failed to take the archaeology (both below & above ground) into account would need a serious slapping! I see the waters calming in this particular teacup...
Having read the EH guide, it DOES have a boat-load of pointers about seeking suitably qualified archaeological, architectural, and structural advice from professionals. So I assume its mention of Trench Arch (the Emperor's new cesspit?) is simply a suggestion that they don't always need to deep-trench all the way out to the main sewer in the street? All other common-sense caveats would still apply, and any Curator who failed to take the archaeology (both below & above ground) into account would need a serious slapping! I see the waters calming in this particular teacup...