Morgan Jones 1677 Pottery Kiln
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Morgan Jones 1677 Pottery Kiln | |
| Nearest city | Hague, Virginia |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1677 |
| NRHP Reference # | 74002150[1] |
| VLR # | 096-0081 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 16, 1974 |
| Designated VLR | June 18, 1974[2] |
Morgan Jones 1677 Pottery Kiln is a historic archaeological site located near Glebe Harbor and Hague, Westmoreland County, Virginia. The site was excavated in 1973, by staff from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. It includes the remains of a pottery kiln operated by Morgan Jones and Dennis White in 1677. The site has kiln remains and many fragmentary samples of the pottery manufactured there.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Calder Loth, ed. (1999). "The Virginia Landmarks Register: Morgan Jones 1677 Pottery Kiln (p. 573)". University of Virginia Press.
External links
- "Excavation of a Seventeenth Century Pottery Kiln at Glebe Harbor, Westmoreland County, Virginia," William M. Kelso and Edward A. Chappell, Historical Archaeology 1974.
- MarkerHistory.com
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