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Elizabethtown Cape Fear river-town lots

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Bladen County seat on the Cape Fear River, a colonial and antebellum landing and Revolutionary skirmish site at Tory Hole. Riverfront and old town lots hold refuse from the river-trade years.

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