Relikty późnośredniowiecznych i nowożytnych systemów wodociągowych oraz urządzeń kanalizacyjnych odkryte w ulicy Armii Krajowej w Kołobrzegu

• Authors: Beata Wywrot-Wyszkowska

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RELICS OF LATE-MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS DISCOVERED IN ARMII KRAJOWEJ STREET IN KOŁOBRZEG

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In 2010 emergency archaeological excavations were done in Kołobrzeg, in connection with the repair works in Armii Krajowej Street between Łopuskiego Street and the Market Square. The excavations revealed relics of five late-mediaeval water supply pipes of different functions (fig. 1). The fragments of pipes marked XIII, XV and XVII were lined up and seem to be remnants of a single water main, which used to go from the Market Square to the north east under the contemporary Armii Krajowej Street. The mains was constructed of trough-shaped pipes, with covers fastened with wooden pegs. The mains was joined by the pipe (item VIII) which supplied water to the plot at 8 Armii Krajowej Street (fig. 3). Dendrochronological dating indicates that this water supply system was built in the 2nd half of the 14th c. The way of installing one of the segments (item XVII; fig. 2) suggests that at its route, opposite the collegiate church, there was a well, which could have been a publicly accessible source of water (see fig. 1). The excavations also revealed elements of a modern water supply system, constructed of hollowed pine trunks. The fragments uncovered (item V, VI and XVI) are most probably remnants of one pipe, installed in Armii Krajowej Street (fig. 5). The pipe was probably part of the municipal water supply system built in 1666 r. The excavations also uncovered fragments of early-modern service lines, supplying water to plots 7 (item X) and 6 (item XII). An interesting find is a remnant of the sewer which collected waste from the nearby plots, installed along the axis of the street (item IX; fig. 3). It was probably connected with another pipe (item XI), which collected sewage from the plot at 6 Armii Krajowej Street. Both the present and the earlier finds indicate that already in the 2nd half of the 14th c. the northern part of Kołobrzeg could have had a well-developed sewage system.

Keywords

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WATER SUPPLY; SEWAGE SYSTEMS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 405-418

Contributors

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Beata Wywrot-Wyszkowska

• Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN, Zespół Archeologicznych Badań Ratowniczych przy Ośrodku Archeologii Średniowiecza Krajów Nadbałtyckich, ul. Frankowskiego 14, 78-100 Kołobrzeg