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cesspit

a pit to retain the sediment, usually fecal, of a drain.

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And the issue is certain to raise more of a stink in the coming months, as the Vale of Glamorgan council withdraws its cess pit emptying service at the end of the year.

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Children will be given guided tours of the excavation, explore a medieval cess pit and take part in the excavation.

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Instead of one house in a plot there might be a dozen dwellings - all using the same festering cess pit and what was left of the yard for rubbish.

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At the present rate the whole pool will be a fetid cess pit by the end of this year.

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For a number of years I worked for a Cardiff drain-cleaning company as a tanker driver, mainly clearing cess pits, mostly in South Wales, but sometimes as far away as Hereford.

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The terrain thus far has been extremely challenging involving large areas of woodland, disused quarries, water courses, cess pits and other open areas.

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However, the Romans were better at providing fresh water than dealing with sewage and their toilets emptied into cess pits.