Jamestown Rediscovery Site Supervisor Anna Shackelford provides an update on the exciting c. 1617 well discovered last fall (see Dig Deeper Episode 60) and how excavation in the first months of 2023 led to a fully exposed well ring and builders’ trench. The video explains this complex feature containing a portion of the 1608 Ditch found on Zuniga map of Jamestown, the c. 1617 well, and a portion of the 1861 dry moat associated with the Confederate Fort Pocahontas. The video also discusses how future excavations of the well will be performed and potential artifacts that may be recovered.


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