Happy Thanksgiving!
At the Plimoth Patuxet open air museum, this path leads to the English village. However, due to recent archeaological digs in downtown Plymouth at the site of the original fort, historians have learned that the native Wampanoag people lived very close to the palisade. Previously they were believed to live nearby, but not this close. The museum is re-interpreting the palisade and the Wampanoag dwellings. A grant from Americana Corner helped to fund the new palisade.
In 1635, the colony contracted Thomas Boreman to build the wall as such: “All the posts are to be 10 inches square, and not to stand above 10 foote asunder, to be done with 3 rails between every post, of fit scantling. The post and rails are all to be sawne. He [Thomas Boreman] is to enclose the whole work with sawne boards. It is to be 9 foote high, and they are to be cut sharp at the top and either listed or shot with a plane…”.
This is the wetu that is now very close to the palisade and the fortress.
Our cousins from Spain enjoyed the Wampanoag Homesite very much. The inside of the wetu is a very interesting experience.
Plimoth Patuxet website: https://plimoth.org/
Americana Corner web page about Plimoth Patuxet's palisade https://www.americanacorner.com/preserving-america/plimoth-patuxet-museums
My 2019 blog post about Dr. Langdon from UMass and his archeaological digs at Plymouth https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/new-archaeological-finds-at-plymouth.html
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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Photo Tour of Plimoth Patuxet Museum", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 27, 2024, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-photo-tour-of-plimoth-patuxet-museum.html: accessed [access date]).
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