FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18HO261 Feature 6 |
| Feature Notes: |
Visible narrow ditch. North of foundations. |
| Macrofeature: |
18HO261 Saw Mill |
| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
Euro-American |
| Household: |
Ridgely, Shipley |
| Associated Features: |
Features 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| Report ID: |
HO109 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Ditch, Other |
| Feature Date: |
1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
Early 19th-early 20th century |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
No |
| 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: |
hardware cloth |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18HO261 |
| County: |
Howard |
| Site Name: |
S. Ridgely Saw Mill |
| Brief Description: |
Early 19th- to early 20th-century sawmill; prehistoric lithic scatter |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
18HO261 is the remains of an early 19th- to early 20th-century sawmill. Portions of the mill were still visible at the surface in 2007, including foundation, retaining walls, the raceway, a channel, the wheel pit and an unidentified narrow ditch. Other subsurface architectural features were discovered and explored with test units. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Unknown Prehistoric Context |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Building/Foundation; Cellar; Industrial; Mill; STU/Lithic Scatter |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
HO109 |
| Author: |
Arford, Kelly, and Carrie Albee |
| Date: |
2007 |
| Title: |
Phase I Archeological Survey of the Proposed MD 32: Nixon’s Farm Wetland Mitigation Site (Project No. HO389A21) and Phase II Evaluation of Site 18HO261 (Project No. HO756A22) Howard County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
SHA Archeological Report No. 365. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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