Virginia
Alexandria
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: 18th-century tobacco port on the Potomac: rich privy and waterfront-fill dumps with pontiled medicines, blackglass, buttons, and coins beneath Old Town lots and along the river's made land..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Potomac River (tidal)
Earliest LOC Sanborn read as 1885. Likely already in the atlas; include and dedupe by coordinates. Strong municipal archaeology program restricts casual digging.
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