Virtuaalimuseo


	In the north-west part of Room Z, a well was found adjacent to and under the heartwall of the Council of State building. The upper part of the well can be seen in the profile only as the outline of the hole dug for the well. The hole was four metres wide at the layer of the 1654 fire. A little lower, the outline of the wooden framework of the well was revealed as dark stripes. Only the lowest four or five layers of timber were preserved. The well was 1.60 m x 1.60 m in size. Only traces of the uppermost timbers survive, but the timbers of the lowermost layer were still sound (dimensions: length 170 cm x width 14-16 cm x height 18 cm). The lowermost layer also had peg holes in the timber. The well, which narrows towards the top, was around four metres deep at the time it was used.
The well was located nearly five metres away from a 1753 building which was on the south side. A new 1800 building came considerably closer, some 1.5 m away, due to its greater width.
	On the basis of the finds, the well was still in use at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The upper layers near the well were, however, destroyed due to the building of the heartwall and we cannot see whether the yard paving of 1770-1800 was laid right up to the location of the well.