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Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States

United States historic place
Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest cityMurrells Inlet, South Carolina
Area136.3 acres (55.2 ha)
MPSGeorgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP reference No.88000537
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 1988

Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites consists of five historic archaeological sites located near Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The Richmond Hill Plantation complex sites include remains of the planter's house, two possible overseers' houses, approximately 20 slave houses, a slave cemetery, a rice barn, and rice fields and dikes. The plantation house, overseers' houses, and slave houses were all burned by about 1930. Richmond Hill plantation was owned by Dr. John D. Magill, who was considered one of the least efficient planters in the area and the most brutal slaveowner among the Georgetown District rice planters.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Patricia A. Cridlebaugh and J. Tracy Power (September 1987). "Richmond Hill Plantation Archeological Sites" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  3. "Richmond Hill Plantation Archaeological Site, Georgetown County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
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