Archaeologists find 19th century well inside Boston sinkhole

City of Boston Archaeologist Joe Bagley said Thursday that a team lowered a flashlight and camera into the deep hole and discovered a well inside.

The well top was buried under about 10 feet of fill, which was used to create Ronan Park in 1912.

LEAD TO SPARING SOME WOMEN FROMUNNECESSARY CHEMO.AND INTERESTING UPDATE NOW TOTHAT SINKHOLE WE TOLD YOU ABOUTIN BOSTON’S RONAN PARK.THE LARGE HOLE WAS FOUND OVERTHE WEEKEND IN DORCHESTER.ARCHAEOLOGISTS DROPPED AN IPHONEINSIDE TO EXPLORE.AND THIS IS THE VIDEO FROM THATEXPLORATION.THEY DETERMINED IT’S ACTUALLY A19TH CENTURY.WELL, IT EXISTED ON AN ESTATETHAT BELONGED TO MARY PIERCEBEFORE THE CITY OF BOSTONACQUIRED THE LAND.WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS TURNSUP, ITS SHINING A LIGHT ON THESTORY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN EITHERLOST OR UNDERREPRESENTED IN THEHISTORY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.STOW DORCHESTER.WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK.BUT IT ALSO HAS ANOTHER STORY TOWHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THIS PARKFOR THE CITY.ARCHAEOLOGIST BELIEVES THE WELLWAS LIKELY ABANDONED SOMETIMEBETWEEN 1870 AND