We continued to excavate Test Units 2 and 3 around the cellar feature. The purpose of Test Unit 2 was to locate the foundation wall, and possibly date the wall. We know a structure existed in this location based on the 1843 Barney map. Test Unit 3 is located at the corner of two walls. We hope this location will be inside the structure and will yield intact living surfaces as well as information on the construction of the building, such as a builder’s trench.
Test Unit 1 proved to be shallow in depth and full of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century artifacts. Based on this material and the unmortared stones, we believe this structure was a small outbuilding associated with the later furnace farm.
Nick Excavating Test Unit 3
Test Unit 1 fully excavated. The stone wall was only one course deep. A pier for a floor joist is visible in the right hand corner of the unit.