Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BA100 Mill
Feature Notes: Features in Areas III and IV interpreted to be remains of mill structure. Probably robbed out.
Macrofeature: 18BA100 Mill
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Lower (tenants)
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Howard - McHenry, Unidentified tenants
Associated Features: Robbed out footer depression, possible brick mill wall.
Report ID: BA22
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Historic, Other; Structural Foundation
Feature Date: 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 19th 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: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18BA100
County: Baltimore County
Site Name: Howard - McHenry Mill
Brief Description: 19th-century mill and tenancy
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: No artifact catalog exists for 1973 survey. 1981 excavations revealed cultural features related to 5 structures: a probable house with cellar and associated dairy, a possible domestic structure, the probable mill remains and a barn or stable. Artifact counts cannot be attributed to individual features.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Domestic; Industrial; Mill

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BA22
Author: Hurry, Silas D., and Maureen Kavanagh
Date: 1983
Title: Intensive Archeological Investigations at the Howard-McHenry Site, a Nineteenth Century Mill/Tenancy
Imprint: MGS File Report No. 182.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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