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9.13.2009

Loo unflushed for 500 years is archeologists’ goldmine

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Finds in the Paisley drain could be a rich source of history

by Simon Mundy

Archaeologists from Glasgow University yesterday began digging in the grounds of Paisley Abbey, hoping to shed light on life in a medieval Scottish monastery. The team, backed by volunteers from Renfrewshire Local History Forum, is carrying out a 12-day excavation of an ancient drain that lay undisturbed until its discovery in 1990.

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