Stained Dirt?!

Stained Dirt?! (HM1AA4)

Location: Charleston, SC 29407 Charleston County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 48.171', W 79° 59.111'

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Fearing attack, the people of Charles Towne Landing needed a defensive wall - the taller, the better. So they dug a ditch, piling the dirt along one edge. By constructing a palisade upon that heaped-up foundation, they would have forced attackers to fight from a disadvantaged position.

The settlement relocated, the palisade wall crumbled. Debris collected in the ditch, decomposing to form a dirt darker than the surrounding soil. Almost 300 years later, archaeologists found the long line of distinctive soil and recognized it as proof of the wall's location. The palisade has now been partially reconstructed beside the stained dirt.
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HM NumberHM1AA4
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Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 11:46am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 595012 N 3629887
Decimal Degrees32.80285000, -79.98518333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 48.171', W 79° 59.111'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 48' 10.26" N, 79° 59' 6.66" W
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Area Code(s)843, 864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 53 Old Town Plantation Rd, Charleston SC 29407, US
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