Ingles Bottom Archeological Sites is a set of

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

s, and national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located along the New River near Radford,

Montgomery County, Virginia Montgomery County is a county located in the Valley and Ridge area of the U.S. state of Virginia. As population in the area increased, Montgomery County was formed in 1777 from Fincastle County, which in turn had been taken from Botetourt Count ...

. The district encompasses a variety of archaeological sites relating to human occupation from 8000 B.C. to the present. It includes the site of a

log cabin A log cabin is a small log house, especially a less finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure. Log cabins have an ancient history in Europe, and in America are often associated with first generation home building by settlers. Eur ...

built about 1762, as the home of

William Ingles William Ingles (1729 – September, 1782), also spelled Inglis, Ingliss, Engels, or English, was a colonist and soldier in colonial Virginia. He participated in the Sandy Creek Expedition and was a signatory of the Fincastle Resolutions. He was ...

(1729-1782) and his wife

Mary Draper Ingles Mary Draper Ingles (1732 – February 1815), also known in records as Mary Inglis or Mary English, was an American pioneer and early settler of western Virginia. In the summer of 1755, she and her two young sons were among several captives taken ...

(1732-1815). The property also includes the site of a stable, family

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

, and

Ingles Ferry Ingles Ferry is a historic tavern near the city of Radford in Pulaski County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. William Ingles and his wife Mary Draper Ingles began developing a farm on the eastern side of the New River a few years after Mary ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1978.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1762 Houses in Montgomery County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Virginia {{MontgomeryCountyVA-NRHP-stub