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43 <br /> There are also a few graves within a large stone wall. <br /> The graves are marked by depressions where the coffins <br /> have rotted and the ground has collapsed creating the <br /> depression on the surface. Also, for some strange <br /> reason, almost any unmarked cemetery in the Piedmont, <br /> North Carolinas will be covered by periwinkle, as were <br /> these. <br /> Ward stated that the next time he visited the site was <br /> with Randy Daniel, who at that time was a PHd student <br /> with Ward's research labs. Basically the same things <br /> were observed as Ward had seen earlier with Dawn. Also <br /> noticed were other footings located just north of <br /> Eubanks Road that could have been chimney fall and <br /> other remains in addition to the two rectangular <br /> structures mentioned earlier. After Duke cleared an <br /> area where it was suspected there might be footings, <br /> Ward was able to identify what looks to be the stone <br /> foundation for a relatively large house structure, <br /> another stone foundation and chimney fall that may be <br /> associated with the kitchen structure, but doesn't know <br /> for sure. There is other structure evidence of a <br /> foundation located in the same vicinity. So there are <br /> probably the remains of five different structures and <br /> the cemetery comprising the archeological site. Ward <br /> was present when the site was tested using a small bore <br /> auger to determine if there are any intact <br /> archeological objects associated with the foundations <br /> and footings themselves. The results of those tests <br /> were positive in three of the areas that were tested. <br /> In the house site there is almost of foot, of what <br /> looks to be cultural deposits, that is preserved. With <br /> the two outbuildings closest to the house site, there <br /> is similar depth of deposit associated with the <br /> footings themselves. <br /> Ward explained that from an archeological standpoint, <br /> there are intact cultural materials associated with <br /> each of the stone foundations and footings except the <br /> two that are closest to the cemetery. No real depth of <br /> deposit was found there. Ward stated that what makes <br /> the site significant is the fact that these buried <br /> materials are in association with the structural <br /> remains. There may be other things out there, such as <br /> wells, trash goods, garbage disposal areas; all of the <br /> kinds of things archaeologists study and get <br /> information from regarding our past. What is standing <br /> and visible is not at all impressive, it is what is <br /> buried that has the potential for answering questions <br /> about the past. From that standpoint, Ward feels that <br /> the site is eligible for the Register under Criterion <br /> D. It has the potential to yield significant <br /> 2 <br />