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South Carolina
Colonial Dorchester Ashley River townsite
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stems
Old bottlesAlso reported: glass, do not dig).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Vanished colonial town and Ashley River trading port settled by New England Congregationalists in 1697 and abandoned by the Revolution. The townsite is a state historic site and protected archaeological ground.
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