Builders were working in a pub that I worked at in Winchester doing quite a major refurb. They took up the floor in the cellar and discovered a very old well- given the town centre location etc it was possibly extremely old.
The foreman visibly panicked about the delays that informing the proper authorities would bring, so they chucked an iron plate over it and poured a fuck load of concrete over the top, then denied all knowledge.
Contact the County Archaeologist, who has a lot of power in such situations. Winchester may have a separate town/city archaeologist too. They probably won't do much, but then again, who knows. The builders may have prior form in destroying archaeology.
Contact the County Archaeologist, who has a lot of power in such situations. Winchester may have a separate town/city archaeologist too. They probably won't do much, but then again, who knows. The builders may have prior form in destroying archaeology.