What is this hole we found under the carpet?
We were having a new carpet fitted today and when the workmen pulled up the old one, they found this hole. Does anyone have any ideas as to what it is? The guys theorised on it being someone’s secret hiding place for…who knows what. The house is old - built in the late 1800s. It has a basement but the room below this one is bricked up so I can’t check if it’s connected to anything down there. It’s not too deep, maybe about 30-50cm? I didn’t have much of a chance to investigate it because the guys had to cover it up so they could put the new carpet in.