Croxton Kerrial 12thC Medieval Manor House: excavations (10)
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Croxton Kerrial 12thC Medieval Manor House: excavations (10)
Image: © Kate Jewell Taken: 23 Jul 2017
The garde-robe, (medieval toilet), on the outside of the private apartments wall. See also Image The lord and lady of the manor would have had a private room beyond the great hall most likely with a solar/sleeping chamber above it. The garde-robe would have been accessed from a small room off the corner of the upstairs chamber. Waste products would have fallen down a purpose built channel on the outside of the building into a pit below, this photograph is looking down at the pit. Situated in a small courtyard between the manor house and the tithe barn the pit could be accessed from outside so the waste material can be dug out when full to be spread on the fields. A job for the lowest of the manor servants!
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