Today’s artifacts of the day come from the Eutaw Manor excavation from the Spring of 2015. While testing in the west yard of the 1762 manor house, volunteers recovered several pieces of ceramic that date to the earliest European occupation of the park. The two artifacts in the left of the picture are fragments from… Continue reading Artifacts of the Day: North Devon and Red Border Ware
With the invaluable help from our new intern, we started photographing some of the artifacts we recovered from Eutaw Manor back in the spring of 2015. This is the first of many posts where we will share some of the more exciting artifacts that we recovered from Eutaw Manor, and in time, from the other… Continue reading Artifact of the Day: February 21, 2016
Mark Your Calendars! A date has been set and planning has begun. We will be holding our second field season at Herring Run Park from April 23rd to May 1st. This year we will return to Eutaw Manor, the residence of William Smith, his descendants, Venus and Jeremiah Tilghman, and others who once called the… Continue reading Field Season 2016
Many long time residents of Lauraville and elsewhere in northeast Baltimore know about Hall Spring in Herring Run Park, and perhaps you’ve heard about the hotel that once stood across the road from the historic springhead. When we started the Herring Run Archaeology Project, many of our neighbors and resident volunteers told us fond stories of… Continue reading Hall Springs Hotel
The Herring Run Archaeology Project 