Priest Point (18ST87) (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Smolek. John D. Lawrence, Jr.. S. Kathleen Pepper.

This resource is the report of archaeology conducted in the vicinity of St. Inigoes Manor House on Priest's Point, Naval Electronics Systems Engineering Activity, St. Inigoes, Maryland prior to the construction of a sewage treatment plant. Three test units and 329 shovel test pits yielded about 7200 artifacts relating to the manor house and an outbuilding identified as an early 19th-century weaver's house. The collection and records are curated at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation...

PROJECT Michael Smolek. Kathleen Pepper. John Lawrence.

In 1983, a phase I archaeological investigation was conducted on the site known as Priest Point, a former 18th century manor house associated with the Jesuit occupation of St. Inigoes Manor. This site is also located in St. Inigoes Maryland and currently the site of the Naval Electronics Systems Engineering Activity, then a 800-acre facility. The project area was approximately 350 ft by 150 ft, and comprised the area wherein the Navy was planning to construct a new sewage treatment plant. The...