Detail

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:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
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:
Historic Feature Date: early 19th - early 20th c.
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: No
Ceramic Vessel Notes:
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size:
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:
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.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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