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North Carolina
Raleigh antebellum capital privy district
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: druggist vials, crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1914 historic-map era
State capital laid out in 1792, a government and trade town with dense 19th-century residential blocks. Old back lots around the historic core hold deep brick-lined privies.
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