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Cobham colonial James River port town
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: locks and keys, musket balls, kaolin pipes, delft and china sherds, wine bottle glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1691 to early 1800s colonial tobacco port
Set up under a 1691 act that required each county to create a 50-acre town with storehouses for imports and tobacco exports, Cobham sat at the mouth of Gray's Creek across from Jamestown and was active through the 18th and early 19th centuries.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
tidal creek
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