ScottyinCT
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Hi. I'm new to the forum. I've always picked up and collected old bottles from old dumps in the woods, not really realizing it was a widespread hobby until recently. I live in SE Connecticut and I will be moving next week to a house that has on old sawmill site in the backyard. There's a pond and stone foundation, etc. The mill is at least as old as 1868 cause it is marked on a map from that time. These kind of small "neighborhood-type" mills were very common at this time. My question is did these little mills generally have privies nearby? Has anyone had luck digging privies next to little 19th century mills?