Further investigations into the drainage at All Saints, Newton were carried out last week. Unfortunately there are no records of the location of the drains and the swan-neck bends on the gullies prevented the use of GPS to plot the layout. Therefore we used the old-fashioned method of digging down to follow the path of the drains. Another task as part of the investigations was the excavation of trial holes in order to carry out percolation tests. These allowed us to determine the suitability of particular areas for the installation of new soakaways. Andrew Osguthorpe did all the hard work and also did a wonderful job of returning to the churchyard to how it looked before he started. Jamie Holden of Ferrey and Mennim architects was onsite to oversee what was found and Katie Keefe of York Osteoarchaeology carried out a watching brief during the excavations.
Thanks as ever go the the Heritage Lottery Fund for their support of our Development Phase.
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