Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18HA148 House Foundation
Feature Notes: Mortared fieldstone foundation with H-shaped central chimney with two hearths. Possible two-celled industrial workers' complex. Overall size approximately 16'x32'.
Macrofeature: 18HA148 House
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household: Harford Furnace
Associated Features: Features 100, 101, 104, 107, 108, 109, 112, 116, 117, 118, 119, 103, 105, 106, 111, 113, 115
Report ID: HA27
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Hearth/Chimney; Structural Foundation
Feature Date: 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: ~1830-1880
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: MCD 1845-1855
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18HA148
County: Harford
Site Name: Harford Furnace
Brief Description: 19th-century iron furnace complex
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Features also include a slag road and several unassociated post holes.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900
Site Ethnic Group: Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Domestic; Furnace/Forge; Industrial; Privy

REPORT DATA

Report ID: HA27
Author: Hurry, Silas D.
Date: 1990
Title: Archeological Data Recovery at a Nineteenth Century Iron Workers' Dwelling at Harford Furnace, Maryland.
Imprint: MGS File Report No. 217.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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