SC - Aha! Sundry bits from the resources

[Stefan li Rous]

Yes, a number of books giving the layouts of monestaries show the layout
of the water courses. They spent quite a lot of time building these artifical
water courses and you will invariably find that the toilets are pretty much
the last stop as the water leaves the monestary. They would also keep other
chores that dirtied the water to the last. I can't remember which things
these were, but leather tanning and cloth dyeing was often required to be
done only in certain quarters of towns for the same reasons.

Many monestaries were built on wasteland reclaimed from swamps and marshland.
The landscaping and terrain modifying done is often fantastic, particularly
considering the equipment they had to work with. While I find it difficult
to understand their religous beliefs and how they believed them, I have
to 
admire their perseverance and ingenuity.

Stefan

> We saw a piece on a scottish cathedral/monestary on 'The Dirt Detective' a
> couple of weeks ago, and that's how they did it.
> 
> Glenda.
> - ----- Original Message ----- > > >
> > > >  "A famous plan of Canterbury Cathedral's water supply executed in the
> > > >  twelfth century shows a system that does everything from flushing out
> > > the
> > > >  toilets to cooling wine in the cellar." p. 26.
> > >
> > > Hopefully not with the same water...
> > >
> > > Bal
> > >
> > If they cooled the wine first and left the flushing for last it
> > would work. Margarite

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