The Gloucester Point Archaeological District is a site at the tip of

Gloucester Point, Virginia Gloucester Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,402 at the 2010 census. It is home to the College of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, a graduate school f ...

. The district includes the historic center of colonial Gloucestertown, as well as military sites from both the

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(when it was fortified by the British before the

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) and the

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. The site may also have remains of fortifications dating to the 17th century. The district was listed on the

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in 1985.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Gloucester County, Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Gloucester County, Virginia {{GloucesterCountyVA-NRHP-stub

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