A FAMILY were left open-mouthed when they discovered a 22ft well beneath their home.
Louise Watson became aware of the three-foot-wide reservoir below when builders were working on her kitchen extension.
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The top of the brick-lined well, which was covered by a heavy slate slab, was discovered roughly two feet beneath the ground’s surface at her gaff in Furness, Cumbria.
When the mum-of-one lowered a camera to inspect the discovery, she was shocked to discover that it contained six feet of “crystal clear” water.
While some urged Louise, 45, to cover the well, she has decided to modify it into a glass-topped feature for her new kitchen.
“It’s absolutely beautiful inside. We were shocked as we thought it would be all grimy inside but it’s perfectly preserved,” Louise said.
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“There’s around 6ft of crystal clear water at the bottom – we did wonder if there may be treasure or a body down there.
“Some people have said they’d be quite unnerved to have a well under their home, with some saying, ‘Oh don’t ever watch the Ring.’
“I’m lucky, I don’t really watch films that often, especially horror films so it doesn’t bother me.
Louise and husband David have had builders at their three-bedroom gaff for nearly a year.
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While the workmen were setting the foundation for the extension, they stumbled upon a stone slab beneath the structure.
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She continued: “My husband rang me in work to tell me that something had been found during the building work.
“At first I panicked and was like ‘Is it a body? Is it a bomb?’ And he was like ‘No, it’s a well’.
“The builders dug the foundations for the extension and right where the foundations were meant to be lying, they found a big lump of slate.
“They were bashing away at it and a bit broke off and disappeared. The builders saw it was a hole – and then they heard a ‘plop’ of water.
Louise admits she was “amazed” when the pit of water was unearthed below.
“There’s no stream nearby running into it – the water trickles down the walls and it just feeds off the natural water table.
“I ordered testing kits off Amazon to test the alkaline of the water and it’s not far off tap water – we were amazed.
“We did wonder if we could generate our own water with it, however, when we inquired it was around £5,000 to start so we decided to give that a miss.”
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