Weston Hall Plantation (Site Name Keyword)
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"Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of 1,126 acres of The Ponds, located northwest of Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, in May through September 2005. These investigations involved background research, architectural survey, systematic shovel testing, and visual inspection of the entire tract. Archaeologists returned to conduct test investigations at portions of sites 38DR177 and 38DR239 in January and February 2006. This work was...
Particpants and Presence: Examining Late 17th and Early 18th Century Indigenous and European Trade Along Charleston's Frontier (2022)
In 2018, Brockington and Associates archaeologists conducted data recovery excavations focusing on site 38DR87, representing Andrew Percival’s late 17th -century Weston Hall, located in southern Dorchester County, South Carolina. In 1674, Lord Ashley Cooper appointed Percival to oversee trade with Indigenous groups and construct Ashley’s plantation, St. Giles Kussoe. By 1691, after a falling-out with Lord Ashley, Percival began living at Weston Hall. The former home is positioned on a high...