Field Notes

This summer marked an important and exciting moment for this project: portions of St. Mary's Fort are now visible above ground for the first time in nearly 400 years. Specifically, approximately 300 feet of the palisade wall that formed the fort's western bastion and part of its northwest and southwest walls have been reconstructed in their original location. Visitors to the site will now see the fort's southwest corner and how it anchored the fort onto the landscape. Having

Students and staff pointing to the western wall palisade trench. The linear features running perpendicular to the palisade are plow...

Archaeologists excavating the St. Mary's Fort site Welcome to Field Notes, the St. Mary’s Fort Project blog! Since the discovery of St....