NyDigger1
Well-Known Member
my rule of thumb is never to dig a standing privy. I had the chance to check one out in Greenport Long Island, 1850s house, stone pathway going out the back door which leads right to the privy which has been converted into a small shed. Still standing, modernized seats. No doubt its an oldie because it was stone lined and pretty wide, a good 7-8 feet across, but still, the modernized seats turned me away from even trying.
] "It is indeed oa very old privy and is had has three or four shelves in it with straw on each of the shelves. I saw a rounded tip of the wooden ring or lid of the privy hole where you sit but the shelve was nailed right onto the top of it, covering all but the tip. I also poked around a natural depression in the hillside a ways from the privy and found clear and green 1970s to 1980s screw top soda bottles and a few plastic bottles and a green plastic spray bottle"
