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Multi-periodSite Name: Ochee Spring QuarryCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 10.076 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: New England Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Johnston
Latitude: 41.819590N Longitude: 71.47178W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Ochee Spring Quarry is an historic quarry in Johnston, Rhode Island. Located on a privately owned outcrop of land behind 787 Hartford Avenue (United States Route 6), the quarry was a source of steatite (soapstone), a relatively soft stone easily workable into containers. Native Americans are known to have used this quarry.
A study of the site conducted in the mid-1980s concluded that the quarry was probably worked in an organized manner, to produce containers in a variety of sizes. Items made from this quarry have been found across southern New England (*).
The quarry was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Source: Wikipedia
(*) Conference of New England Archaeology Newsletter, December 1985" (PDF). https://cnea-web.org/docs/CNEA1985V5n2.pdf
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