Guy Asks The Internet To Help Identify A Hole That Appeared In His Garden, Probably Wishes He Didn’t

Hmm ! It's a s**t hole

I compared pictures of old septic tanks and drywells, and my conclusion is that it is not possible to tell merely from these pictures. It is probably less than 150 years old, though -- definitely not ancient. Also, the person who said that he may get bubonic plague from it is wrong. Yersinia pestis can live in the soil for about a month under ideal conditions, typically only about a day or so.

Its a septic tank.. Good thing you have something to look forward to.

Could be a cistern. My brother had one in his backyard in Chattanooga. Historical society person came to look at it, said it was a cistern and that they were common in that neighborhood. The whole top caved in one day. It had this little stone decorative thing on top they thought was some old yard art - the only exposed part. 2011-12-10...d878df.jpg

It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.

Old outhouse sites are what archaeologists and people with metal detectors look for.

It's called a leech pit. They are used here in Arizona when you build homes in remote areas without city sewer systems. Usually they have layers of pea gravel in them and enzymes are added to devour waste. The rest is handled by seepage. They are very effective if made properly. They get used in place of cesspools.

It puts the lotion in the basket

Well... at least it´s not Samara..

This is no doubt my mind a old abandoned cistern. Hand laid brick. My father had several on his personal property with only one functioning

Personally I think they would have found more 'things' down a cess pit/septic tank, we had one in our last house. The sides, pipe would probably have looked clogged even if the waste had degraded. Could have been a well/water holding tank, but a lot older than 1888 and the hole walls do not look very well constructed to keep liquids in, so basically, no idea.

First thing I thought of was that old movie "the gate"

That's the start of the silk-route-underground... They probably have one in China too...

It's a septic tank.

Aw men, and here i thought I was about to make a kill by selling some of you guys some century-old artefacts for tens and hundreds of thousands of Dollars... Curse you guyz... Curse you.

actually wasn't that just an age of well??

It's appears to be a soak pit for rainwater.

it's a hole :)

The best idea, imho, is that it is a dry well.

Cesspool. I have one just like it.

i assure its a s**t disposing tank. i am an indian and i own a house in a village. we still have this system running smooth there, and possibly 100% houses over there use this :3

THAT IS THE WELL FROM THE RING

It looks like it may have been used like a burn barrel. That could explain the button, bone, and what looks like burn marks on the brick.

The old bone fragments concern me. I mean, if it is an old cesspool those old inhabitants had dreadful digestion!

It's a guy with too much time to spare

To add to the response from nickdoesntsharefood: A hose

Man, what a shi*hole that place is

I thought it was the well thing from the movie It.

WELL, that was interesting, lol

Id love to read a comment from a doctor if the piece of tube and what can be seen in the inner side could be remain of tissue and that to be bone, if even.

Seriously this is a question?