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Archeological evidence indicates this was the site of an English earthwork from Sir Walter Raleigh's 1585 expedition. Centuries of erosion had reduced the earthwork to a gentle dip and ridge in the forest floor. In 1947 and 1948, archeologists dug test trenches that revealed soil disturbance. This disturbance indicated the shape, width, and depth of the earthwork's original ditch. Archeologists reconstructed the earthwork in 1950 using an approach similar to that of the 1585 explorers. They restored the ditch and then formed the excavated soil into walls.
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Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina · United States
