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July 23, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Fairfield Mantel Returns Home

The Fairfield manor house is most recognized for its massive diagonally-set chimney stacks. which stand out to anyone who sees them. The house had several sets, including two doubles and two triples, although one set was lost around 1839 when the west wing came down. These iconic elements of this once grand building are only […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, Burwell family, Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester County, Preservation

July 9, 2018 By Fairfield Foundation 1 Comment

Join us for Adventures in August!

Where else can you work with historic ruins, 3-D models, artifacts, and drones? For the seventh year in a row, Fairfield Foundation is teaming up with Adventures in Preservation to host enthusiastic and curious preservationists who want to learn how to excavate, document, and preserve our past. The week-long experience (August 12 to 18, 2018) […]

Filed Under: 3D model, Archaeology, drone, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, 19th century, Adventures in Preservation, Fairfield Plantation, Historic Preservation, Preservation Workshop

November 15, 2017 By Fairfield Foundation 2 Comments

A Long-Lost Site Reveals Many Stories at York County’s New Quarter Park

By guest blogger Sara E. Lewis If you’ve never joined the Fairfield Foundation for a public dig at New Quarter Park in York County, then you’re missing out on some exciting finds! In the most recent round of excavations, a young volunteer was excited to find this Very Cool Artifact: a locally-made tobacco pipe stem […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, 18th Century, archaeology, Armistead, Artifacts, Bookbinder, Burwell, education, Engagement, excavation, New Quarter Park, public archaeology, tobacco pipes, Volunteers, York County

June 4, 2015 By Fairfield Foundation Leave a Comment

Finding a 17th-century farmstead in Mathews County

The 17th century was a dynamic time in Virginia history.  The arrival of English settlers at Jamestown in 1607 initiated a massive transformation of the landscape, both natural and cultural. The constant influx of European immigrants from the 1620s onwards resulted in large amounts of land opened for settlement.  As the colonists pushed the local Virginia Indian tribes out […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Preservation Tagged With: 17th-century, archaeology, Artifacts, Early Colonists, excavation, local history, Mathews County, Virginia

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  • Gloucester’s Public School Past: Archaeology and Artifact Update! December 9, 2020

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