Ancient underground passages discovered in Horn – Historiek.net

Ancient underground passages discovered in Horn – Historiek.net

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I n the town of Hoorn are underground passages discovered that even before 1563 date. The discovery occurred when after heavy rainfall a hole in the pavement in a dead-end alley arose. That the municipality Horn reported Friday.

There is currently viewed or hallway can be accessible to the public. Until that time, the corridor is complete.

Last week was in the old center of the VOC town after heavy rain suddenly a hole in the pavement of an alley. The hole appeared to meters deep. Archaeologists went down and found a long brick tunnel. The corridor appears to be part of a large covered sewer system that is almost everywhere collapsed but here is still intact there. It runs at an old hospital from 1563 and so by dates certain for this time.

There were already rumors that longer courses would run under the old town. That indeed appears to be the case.

Red stone, horn (cc – Michael Verbeek)

Dirty water and waste

Just behind the Red Stone, the main square of Hoorn, is the blind alley ‘t Glop . This rose was long ago some of the canals that ran through the city for the discharge of waste water and waste. The dirty water was discharged into the Zuiderzee. Because these canals were smelly, these overvaulted with vaults. Some courses were only low, but at ‘t Glop is man-sized

Municipal sewer inspectors are there -. With an archaeologist – descended.

In the corridors it was pitch dark and damp. On one side appeared the corridor partly collapsed and bricked. On the side of the Square was underway by far. It rained last week abundant, so the water still came up. After much water was pumped out, could it under the St John’s Hospital, the current Arts Centre The Boterhal be accessed on the Square. In this part of the corridor was probably hundreds of years no one had been more.

The masonry was found still completely intact. At the bottom of the tunnel remained standing a layer of mud from the seventeenth century, a remnant of what once flowed through the corridor. This revealed several items of pottery displayed.

The brick corridors are partially collapsed but are also a considerable distance in tact. They are right under the monument Boterhal.

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