Dig Deeper Episode 66 - Down in a Well, Part II: Under the Moat

Jamestown Rediscovery Site Supervisor Anna Shackelford provides an update on the exciting c. 1617 well discovered last fall (see Dig Deeper Episode 60) and how excavation in the first months of 2023 led to a fully exposed well ring and builders’ trench. The video explains this complex feature containing a portion of the 1608 Ditch found on Zuniga map of Jamestown, the c. 1617 well, and a portion of the 1861 dry moat associated with the Confederate Fort Pocahontas. The video also discusses how future excavations of the well will be performed and potential artifacts that may be recovered.
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[@carlchristensen8157]

I really dig this video

[@jessgregory7584]

Well done!

[@maryg.249]

It’s good to see a video from y’all again! This well digging is going to be very exciting, I look forward to seeing the process! Take lots of pictures and videos please!! Anna is one of your best presenters. She speaks clearly and steadily. Thankfully she doesn’t rush all her words together. Thanks to everyone who make these videos possible. Mary

[@shrevesoule3567]

Very exciting! Can't wait to see the progress.

[@1969floridagirl]

Thank you for explaining the layers of dirt. I don't remember anyone ever taking the time to explain the layers of dirt and how they may have gotten there.

[@GhostofSicklesleg]

In high school in the 80’s we had agricultural classes that had a FFA chapter (Future Farmers of American) we did have soil judging and classes on the layers of soil. It’s important in farming.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

These are so full of wonderful and very amazing information of people from other times I really look forward to these videos. Thank you.

[@kennethcrace6181]

Very well presented. Thank you all for the hard work. History lives because of you efforts. Ken.

[@paulmorris1690]

Excellent video - brilliant explanation of a complex stratigraphy. I will have to try to come down and visit this summer. I would love to see the excavation of this well. Keep up the good work!!!

[@robertodebeers2551]

Excellent presentation!

[@stephaniegrable2612]

So jealous!!! Would love to be digging and discovering. My ancestor was one of the survivors. Incredible to watch the progress you’re all making. Great video. Thank you for posting

[@jim-do5pt]

Good one! Establishing a sequence of events in the well area...Can't wait for next video ...!

[@kevdimo6459]

Fantastic explanation of the stratification layers and history of this well. Great work guys keep it up!

[@jake1776]

Can you tell us more about William Leal… did the private owners accidentally destroy much of the island through things like farming practices? When did Leal squire the land and from whom. I’m interested in the genesis of the island from an original Fort, to an actual town, to an abandoned town in 1698 during the fire and relocation of the Capitol, to the ultimate abandonment and later private landowners and how those landowners may have inadvertently destroyed 400 year old artifacts.

[@markosterman419]

What was the Confederate Moat?