Discovered a tunnel into a 17th century house

ARW

Member
Location
Yorkshire
Today digging holes it was stoney going, so I wasn’t holding back with the metal bar. I smashed through 6 inch of slabs and found this tunnel, it’s about 3x3 ft and ends just where I was digging, there’s no proper lid on it just stoned over, it’s about 2 ft underground. It heads to the old 17th century hall, we don’t know how far it goes, pictures are from my phone with the flash on, we are about 20ft from the house.
Nobody knows about this tunnel, its had the same family in for generations and they aren’t aware of it.
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What could it be for?
I will get better pics tomorrow and take a proper torch.
 

llamedos

New Member
How interesting, certainly worthy of protection, if you go back in you should be able to find where in the property it would have started.
Given the age of the house you have to think back to the Civil War and all that brought with it, turbulent times. Would not be unusual to have such a tunnel as a means of escape.
 

Pilgrimmick

Member
Location
Argyll
I think it’s a tunnel from the house as an escape route, it’s the perfect size for a man to crawl through with ease. Taking a torch and draining rods tomorrow. I was hoping it was a tunnel to the pub down the road!
Who knows it may well link two old buildings! Wonder what the pub keeps in it’s cellar these days?:rolleyes:(y):whistle:
 

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