Chester Field (Laurel Bay, South Carolina) Explained

Chester Field
Nearest City:Laurel Bay, South Carolina
Added:October 15, 1970
Refnum:70000565

Chester Field, located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, is one of the nearly two dozen prehistoric shell rings that run from the center coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia.[1] [2] Archaeologists date the pottery that has been found at these sites to be in the second millennium BC, this placing the artifacts among the earliest pottery of North America. The purpose or use of the ring shape is not known. This “address restricted” site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1970.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hemmings . E. Thomas . Chester Field (38BU29) . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 15, 1970 . pdf . 7 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Chester Field, Beaufort County (Address Restricted) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 7 December 2012.