Dale's Pale Archeological District
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Dale's Pale Archeological District | |
| Location | South shore of James R., Chesterfield County Park, Chester, Virginia |
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| Area | 158 acres (64 ha) |
| MPS | Prehistoric through Historic Archeological and Architectural Resources at Bermuda Hundred MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 06001012[1] |
| VLR # | 020-5371 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 2007 |
| Designated VLR | September 6, 2006[2] |
Dale's Pale Archeological District is a set of historic archaeological sites and national historic district located near Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia. The district consists of a collection of four county owned archaeological sites. They are the location of a defensive palisade built by Sir Thomas Dale in 1613 around the original settlement at Bermuda Hundred, which he founded. It is a two mile long, berm-and-ditch feature, running between the high banks overlooking the James and Appomattox Rivers. The other sites within the district include a Middle Woodland Period (500 BC– AD 200) settlement, and a late 17th- or early 18th-century house with its associated dump.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ Virginia Department of Historic Resources (2007). "Notes on Virginia, 2007: Dale's Pale Archeological District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
