FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18FR327 Raceway Pond |
| Feature Notes: |
Originally an ore mine, then ore washing pond, the race pond fell out of use by ca. 1900. Revived in 1920's as a stock pond. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
FR23C |
| No of Artifacts: |
227 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Historic, Other |
| Feature Date: |
1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
early 19th - early 20th c. |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
No |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
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| Glass Vessels?: |
No |
| Glass Vessel Notes: |
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| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: |
No |
| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes: |
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| Soil Screen Size: |
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| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18FR327 |
| County: |
Frederick |
| Site Name: |
Catoctin Race Pond |
| Brief Description: |
Early 19th- to 20th-century race pond |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
No features excavated as part of 18FR327. Soil cores taken for pollen analysis. |
| Site Date: |
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| Site Ethnic Group: |
Unknown Ethnicity |
| Site Function: |
Mill |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
FR23C |
| Author: |
Orr, Kenneth G., and Ronald G. Orr |
| Date: |
1982 |
| Title: |
The Catoctin Furnace Archaeological Mitigation Project, Final Report of the 1979 Excavation. |
| Imprint: |
Orr & Son, Archaeological Consultants, Alexandria, VA. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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