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Hillsborough colonial Eno River town lots

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Colonial and Revolutionary town on the Eno, a backcountry court and trade center that stayed small. Old town lots hold privy pits from the 1700s and 1800s.

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