A ‘special discovery’ has been made in Breda, the municipality will let you know on Wednesday afternoon. The day before, foundations of a medieval tower were discovered. Archaeologists found the remains of a so -called Waltoren during excavation work on the Vlaszak in the center of the city. “We got a few days to do research,” says Erik Peters, municipal archaeologist at Breda.
The remains were found during excavation work for the redesign of the flax bag. One of the archaeologists who was there was Erik. “Normally a road runs over it and we can’t reach it.”
The city archaeologists were given a few days to do research. “It is of course an important road that may be closed as short as possible. So we had to continue working.”
After two days they found remains of the old tower. “That this has emerged is great fun. It confirms our insights that there used to be an old city wall here.”
In the thirteenth century, Breda got a shore around the city. A century later a wall was built against it. The found tower stood in the shore at the time and therefore most likely belongs to the oldest phase of the thirteenth-century enclosure.
The remains of the so -called ‘Waltoren’ were found at about sixty centimeters below street level. “We found a semicircle of medieval bricks.”
“But because we have only found the foundations of the tower, it is difficult to say how high the tower has been,” Erik adds.
In the meantime, the remains are again under a layer of sand. “We no longer had the time, because the redesign had to continue. Anyway, the ground is the best way to keep it.”
Several discoveries have already been made to the flax bag since the redesign. In November last year, human remains were found that belonged to the cemetery of the Gasthuis. These can now be found in the Stedelijk Museum Breda.
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