The Hidden Wash Basin

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When roads are built they often require a lot of soil to flatten the land so that the road may be built. In the process objects are hidden. In one case old clothes washing basins were hidden beneath a road. It’s funny to see a road, a hole, and within the hidden baths.

In Nyon they found an ampitheatre when excavating for a new building. Near Benitachell they found the wash basin. From the road it didn’t look special but when you walk around to see the excavated ruins you get a sense of the importance of the site.

You get them in most towns and cities, since many villages had them for the washing of clothes. In some of these villages you still have the old wooden boards although they are covered in moss afer years without use.

It’s a good habit, always to check within road excavations, to see what lies beneath.