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Willtown Bluff colonial Edisto River town

Ghost town Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: musket balls, kaolin pipes, delft and stoneware sherds, case 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).

Why this spot

1704 to early 1800s colonial planned town

Founded about 1704 on the South Edisto River as the second planned town after Charleston moved in 1682, Willtown was a local seat of courts and elections and a commercial center with an estimated 80 houses.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

tidal river, snakes

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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