Condition Report for Fort Hill Rural Historic District Cape Cod National Seashore

Author(s): Jan Haenraets; Margie Coffin Brown

Year: 2007

Summary

This Condition Report for the Fort Hill Rural Historic District of Cape Cod

National Seashore reviews previous documentation of the cultural landscape and

provides an updated evaluation of the condition of the property as well as

updated guidance for both day-to-day and long-term landscape management and

interpretation. This report consists of a historical overview, an inventory of

existing conditions, and a review of the significance of landscape characteristics

and features. Based on this information, the report revisits previous treatment

recommendations for the site and examines current issues and alternative

solutions. With input from property stewards, the report provides updated

treatment recommendations consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards

for the Treatment of Historic Properties (1992).

Cite this Record

Condition Report for Fort Hill Rural Historic District Cape Cod National Seashore. Jan Haenraets, Margie Coffin Brown. 2007 ( tDAR id: 366196) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8XD1053

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Early Woodland • Euroamerican • Historic • Late Archaic • Late Woodland • Middle Woodland

Site Name
Fort Hill, Eastham

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Fish Trap / Weir • Hearth • Ossuary • Palisade • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Settlements • Sheet Midden • Shell Midden • Storage Pit • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Collections Research • Environment Research • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking

Geographic Keywords
Barnstable County • Cape Cod • Southeastern Massachusetts • Southern New England

Temporal Keywords
Contact Period • Historic Period

Spatial Coverage

min long: -69.992; min lat: 41.794 ; max long: -69.96; max lat: 41.822 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): National Park Service, Boston, Massachusettes

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