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A family were left stunned when they found a mysterious 22ft well beneath their home during refurbishment works.
Louise Watson said workmen unearthed the three-foot-wide water reservoir below an old lean-to structure attached to their 130-year-old terrace while building an extension to their kitchen in Dalton in Furness, Cumbria.
The top of the brick-lined well, which was covered by a heavy slate slab, was discovered roughly two feet beneath the ground's surface.
When the family finally opened the huge pit and sent a camera down to inspect it, they found it contained six feet of 'crystal clear' water and first feared there might be a body down there.
Some horror film-loving visitors had urged Mrs Watson to keep the ancient well covered - which had been buried for decades underground - out of fear a ghostly girl might climb out like in 2002 movie The Ring.
But she absolutely loved the old-fashioned design and has now turned it into a glass-topped feature for her new kitchen.
A family were left stunned when they found a mysterious 22ft well beneath their home during refurbishment works in Dalton in Furness, Cumbria
Louise Watson, 45, (right) with her husband David, 46, (left) and their son Jack, 11, (centre) were getting their kitchen extended
The 45-year-old said: 'It's absolutely beautiful inside. We were shocked as we thought it would be all grimy inside but it's perfectly preserved.
'We did wonder if there may be treasure or a body down there. Some people have said they'd be quite unnerved to have a well under their home, with some saying, "Oh don't ever watch the Ring".
'I'm lucky, I don't really watch films that often, especially horror films so it doesn't bother me.
'We've made a lovely feature out of it now. We've added three lights at the top and got specially made durable glass so you can walk on top of it.'
Mrs Watson, who works for BAE Systems, said she and her husband David, 46, began extension work at the back of their home last year.
The three-bed cottage, previously built for iron ore miners, had been occupied by her parents-in-law before the couple moved in with their son Jack, 11, ten years ago.
But as the builders were digging the foundations for the new part of the property in August, they came across a strange stone slab beneath their old lean-to structure.
And Louise then got a call from David to say they had
