Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18FR333 Feature 5X
Feature Notes: Hemispherical pit 3'x2' filled with cinder ash.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: FR87
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Pit, Unknown
Feature Date: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: late 19th - early 20th c.
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
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: 1/2 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18FR333
County: Frederick
Site Name: Catoctin Stack 2 Casting Shed
Brief Description: Late 19th- to early 20th-century iron furnace stack and casting shed.
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes:
Site Date: ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Building/Foundation; Furnace/Forge; Industrial; Midden/Dump; Military; Other Industrial

REPORT DATA

Report ID: FR87
Author: Orr, Kenneth G., and Ronald Orr
Date: 1975
Title: Field Report on the Archaeological Situation at the Catoctin Furnace Stack 2 Casting Shed Site, Frederick County, Maryland.
Imprint: Consulting Archaeologists for the Maryland Geological Survey.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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