Archaeological Overview and Assessment Bunker Hill Monument

Summary

PAL completed an Archaeological Overview and Assessment (AOA) of the Bunker Hill

Monument located in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The project methodology included primaryand

secondary-source archival research; a walkover survey of the park; pre- and post-contact

cultural context development; the summary and critical evaluation of previous archeological

surveys, geotechnical studies, and artifact assemblages; and the development of recommendations

for future research and National Register eligibility determinations for known sites. The AOA

encompassed the review of the documentation and associated artifact collections for the eight

archeological surveys projects that have been conducted on the monument property from 1980–

2006, and resulted in the identification of a total 18 archeological properties. Of those properties,

six (6) were recommended as potentially eligible for listing in the National Register including the

remains of the redoubt trench feature associated with the Battle of Bunker Hill Period of

Significance (1775); and the obelisk foundation and associated structural elements and the

remains of the Holmes hoisting apparatus, all of which are associated with the Commemorative

Period of Significance (1825–1902).

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Contact(s): Kristen Heitert

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