Chesterfield Canal Archaeological Dig at Bellhouse Basin
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- In part 13 of this Chesterfield Canal Restoration series, we're looking at something different. In preparation for future restoration plans, archaeological works are being carried out at the Bellhouse Basin, Staveley. Volunteers have been involved in the dig and are looking for old canal remains.
It is believe the canal basin dates back to 1776, but was filled in, in the 1970s. We already know that previous digs in the basin have uncovered old boats, including a cuckoo boat. However we also know that there was a former canal arm and wharf for the old gas works just to the south of the basin.
It's a fascinating, but sometimes confusing area with the addition of railway bridges at various points in history. Of course the newly installed Transpennine Trail bridge sits in place of the former Great Central Railway bridge that carried the mainline towards Sheffield.
The dig is being conducted by York Archaeology
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VERY interesting! This man deserves a career in television, ( big hint to Time Team movers and shakers). His interest and enthusiasm about the subject is infectious.
Sadly we couldn't get down last Saturday, so it's brilliant to see this. Thank you! Great stuff!
🙂 Glad you enjoyed it
So interesting! I know nothing about archaeology but this looks like fun! uncofering history with a trowel. Cheers Paul. ❤😊👍
🙂 was a great little project. Great to see.
So great to see all the progress. I almost feel like I’m part of it. Thanks
Cheers Jim. It's a great thing to witness
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I’m sat editing mine now but took a break to watch this, another great video mate
Super stuff. I look forward to seeing it 👍😊
Fantastic ❤
Thanks 🤗
Interesting Paul, hard to believe as recently as the 70s we were still destroying canals.
I bet there's a lot of regret now.
They cost money to run and repair and there was none. £1500 to £2000 bought you a very fine car now they cost between £30k to £40k!
As a long time fan of archaeology (and Time Team), that was right up my street! I wonder when and why for GCR bridge was knocked down?
I guess it's for liability purposes. I wonder who owned the land at the time. It seems to be a common approach on a lot of the disused railways.
Time Team and REAL archaeological excavations are very different, believe me!
Are any of those ones in the large stones lifting holes. They slipped a three way wedge in that allowed the lift then removed it by pushing the centre wedge back in and it allowed the device to be a cylinder that could be removed. There is a name for this but I can no longer remember it but it goes back to Roman times.
As a retired Railway Engineer I can assure you that those stones with the two holes and the worn area between are stone sleeper blocks. When they were replaced by timber sleepers in the 1840's and 1850's there were many thousand surplus and they found their way into many things both around the railway and on canals. At Watford their was even in the 1970's a platform in the goods sidings built with them,
When are the new houses being built
Which new houses?
Just a thought, look at our generation seeking knowledge from past endeavours and technology, after the inevitable looming nuclear exchange, would any future people actually WANT to look back on the cretins who did that to the world?