A team of researchers on Dec. 8, lowering a camera rig (an iPhone and some flashlights tied to a paint roller) into the sinkhole. (City of Boston Archaeology Program)
Boston archeologists have unearthed a trove of historical details about a sinkhole that opened up near a pathway in Dorchester s Ronan Park in early December.
At the time, a cursory investigation (involving an iPhone and flashlights taped to a paint roller) revealed the existence of a well, likely built sometime in the 1800s. Only one artifact was found a plastic liquor bottle likely tossed into the hole within days of its opening.