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Does anyone know what this is?

rawrawbsLAy974grawrawbsLAy974g Posts: 3
in Problem solving
 When my neighbours put a new fence up quite a bit of my gardens foliage was cleared and it’s exposed this pipe, that I was unaware of before, does anyone know what it is and what it might be connected to?
I want to run a swa armoured power cable to my garage and this is in the way… so before I start digging the trench I ought to find out what it is.
My location is the outskirts of Bristol,  higher up than the city centre by some way, and I think my house dates back roughly to the 1910s.
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  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Sorry, I don't know, but I have straightened the picture for you. 


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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Can you lift off the metal top bit and shine a torch down the hole ?
    Intriguing 🤔
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2022
    It looks to me like an old style vent pipe for a septic tank drainage system or similar. 



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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I was thinking the same - for off-gassing.

    Bomb shelter vent?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s the sort of thing @raisingirl may know about. 

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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    You could ask your question here

    https://inspectapedia.com/index.php
    Rutland, England
  • rawrawbsLAy974grawrawbsLAy974g Posts: 3
    KiAnniD said:
    Can you lift off the metal top bit and shine a torch down the hole ?
    Intriguing 🤔
    The metal bit won’t come off, I did stick my phone in to take a photo with the flash on, none the clearer as to what it is, but it does look like a spider might be a resident…
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Do any of your neighbours have something similar in their gardens ? It does look like some kind of vent. There's not an Anderson shelter buried in your garden by any chance ?
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    It's a sewer vent I think. Every front garden in my street has one. 
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Could well be @LG_
    No idea if this is of any use, but thought l'd post it anyway. 
    https://www.bristol.gov.uk/planning-and-building-regulations/historic-environment-record
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