Time, Tide and Erosion - Yorktown VA
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 37° 13.710 W 076° 29.786
18S E 367248 N 4121270
On your left is British Redoubt No. 10 partly reconstructed where a fragment of its moat was found in 1956.
Waymark Code: WM133CF
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2020
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Time, Tide and Erosion-On your left is British Redoubt No. 10 partly reconstructed where a fragment of its moat was found in 1956. The remainder of it, as well as parts of adjacent works, was washed to sea during the 175 years of crumbling river banks.
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service US Department of Interior.
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Ballard Street (Virginia Route 238) located on the Yorktown Battlefield in Colonial National Historical Park, at stop D on the Battlefield Tour Yorktown, VA USA 23690
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