Park Street Burial Ground

[Astoness]

this thread is now open again for comments...can members please read viv post 90

thanks ...from the team

 

[Pedrocut]

Excavation of a 17th-century chair on the Park Street site.

 

[Pedrocut]

Some details of the almost complete wooden 17C chair In above post.
Probably oak, heavy solid style with turned barley-twist decoration on the front legs: fragments of the leather seat and back and of the organic
stuffing survived.

 

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The Park Street excavations in progress, 2001.

 

[Vivienne14]

Must be very wet ground for the chair to survive 300/400+ years.

 

[mikejee]

Here are a few more details of the chair

 

[Pedrocut]

Must be very wet ground for the chair to survive 300/400+ years.

Two tanks found at Park Street. The smaller tank 3mx2m, a wicker canopy collapsed or thrown in and survived and lay on top of the chair.
Lack of evidence for function of tanks, although clearly water tanks serving some industrial function.

 

[Astoness]

how fascinating mike..what a great find

 

[Pedrocut]

Excavating the wood-lined tanks at the Park Street site. Just in front of the archaeologist at the bottom of the photo can be seen the blackened timbers lining one end of the large tank.

 

[Pedrocut]

This is close to the interesting thread….

Digbeth Mineral Water Works and Well

Hi im sean, im a digger driver, i am working on what is now well lane (beorma quarter) , im digging up what i believe is the site of the old spring and mineral water works, we're already finding interesting finds, (there are archaeologist working with me) i'd love to find old pictures of the...

birminghamhistory.co.uk

 

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“Even if we cannot be sure what the water tanks were used for, the archaeological dig at Park Street has provided evidence for a diverse range of industries in the 17th and 18th centuries: textile processing (probably), iron smithing, brass working and bone working.”

 

[Astoness]

due to the continuing construction works around the digbeth area the one good thing that comes out of it all is the wonderful finds that are being found and fair play to them for holding up work while a proper excavation can be carried out and documented


lyn