Was happily chipping off old bits of plaster etc in preparation for applying a damp proof membrane having already pulled up a rotten floor our surveyor helpfully decided not to draw our attention to before we bought the house, when I suddenly realised I wasn't exposing wall any more, but instead was into the limestone/clay bedrock the house is built on!
The wall generally seems to start around 6 inches above internal ground level, looks like someone in the past has dug out the floor to below the level of the walls? I've included a couple of pictures, one showing what looks to me like the base of the wall, and the other showing the material I scraped out of the area circled in red on the first picture with my fingers- it's pretty squidgy in there!
No signs of movement and the ground level to the rear is around 1.5metres above the internal ground level, and I'm wondering if I should just cover it up and forget about it, or if I really need to bit the bullet and spend money I don't have getting experts in to look at it.
Thought I'd post it here in case anyone else has seen or had anything similar, and if so what did you do?
Cheers
Red line shows base of wall
Scooped by hand from red circle in above picture:
edit: in case it's of any interest, the house is apparently 150-200yrs old, of stone/rubble construction, walls approx 1.5foot thick
The wall generally seems to start around 6 inches above internal ground level, looks like someone in the past has dug out the floor to below the level of the walls? I've included a couple of pictures, one showing what looks to me like the base of the wall, and the other showing the material I scraped out of the area circled in red on the first picture with my fingers- it's pretty squidgy in there!
No signs of movement and the ground level to the rear is around 1.5metres above the internal ground level, and I'm wondering if I should just cover it up and forget about it, or if I really need to bit the bullet and spend money I don't have getting experts in to look at it.
Thought I'd post it here in case anyone else has seen or had anything similar, and if so what did you do?
Cheers
Red line shows base of wall
Scooped by hand from red circle in above picture:
edit: in case it's of any interest, the house is apparently 150-200yrs old, of stone/rubble construction, walls approx 1.5foot thick