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Williamsburg colonial capital lots (eyes-only)

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: glass (do not dig).

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Colonial capital with intensively studied 1700s town lots. Deposits are real but reserved for archaeology, not digging.

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