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Site of Old Charles Towne, Charleston County (Albemarle Point, Charleston vicinity)
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Wayside Sign
Site Map
Cassique of the
Kiawha Statue
View of Modern
Charleston from
Albemarle Point
Recreated
Palisade Wall
Recreated Earthworks
(Interior)
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Replica Cannon at
Recreated Earthworks
View behind
Earthworks
towards river
Recreated Earthworks
and Gun Platforms
Recreated Earthworks
(Exterior)
Horry-Lucas
Mansion Ruins
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Horry-Lucas
Mansion Ruins
Horry-Lucas
Mansion Ruins
Archaeology Dig
on site
Archaeology Dig
Water Screens
Wayside Sign
1670 Town Map

(Charles Towne Landing State Park) The settlement of Carolina was planned as a planting and trading province by the Lords Proprietor, and the success of the venture came about through the efforts of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, after a 1664 settlement on the Cape Fear had failed. After a stormy voyage during which the vessels Albemarle and Port Royal were lost, the Carolina anchored off the Carolina coast and the settlers decided to plant at Kayawah. They arrived early in April 1670. This group was joined on May 23 by a sloop, The Three Brothers, that had come by way of Virginia. The settlement was located on the Ashley River in a country known by the Indians as Kayawah, and that is was on a point of land having a river on one side and marsh on the other, known as Albemarle Point. In November 1670, the colonists were informed that the town in which they were settled was to be known as Charles Towne. Threats of a Spanish invasion made the settlers quick to build fortifications. Both a broad trench and a palisade may likely have been used. Listed in the National Register December 17, 1969.

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