The Great Salt Pond is a round and almost entirely enclosed body of water separating the north and south regions of Block Island. The pond has a small channel on its north west shore connecting it with Block Island Sound. The opening is artificial and was dug out in 1895 to make a harbor in the south part of the pond.
The shores of the pond have a long history of human use, as the area was one of the primary areas of residence by Native Americans both before and after contact with Europeans. Evidence of occupation dates as far back as the Middle Woodland Period, and includes the site of a palisaded fortification.[2]
great, salt, pond, archeological, district, historic, district, shoreham, rhode, island, district, added, national, register, historic, places, 1990, national, register, historic, placesu, historic, districtnearest, citynew, shoreham, rhode, islandmpsindian, b. The Great Salt Pond Archeological District is a historic district in New Shoreham Rhode Island The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 Great Salt Pond Archeological DistrictU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtNearest cityNew Shoreham Rhode IslandMPSIndian Use of Block Island 500 BC AD 1676 MPSNRHP reference No 90000107 1 Added to NRHPFebruary 15 1990The Great Salt Pond is a round and almost entirely enclosed body of water separating the north and south regions of Block Island The pond has a small channel on its north west shore connecting it with Block Island Sound The opening is artificial and was dug out in 1895 to make a harbor in the south part of the pond The shores of the pond have a long history of human use as the area was one of the primary areas of residence by Native Americans both before and after contact with Europeans Evidence of occupation dates as far back as the Middle Woodland Period and includes the site of a palisaded fortification 2 See also EditNational Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County Rhode IslandReferences Edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service January 23 2007 Cultural Resources Inventory Long Island Sound PDF US Army Corps of Engineers Retrieved 2014 09 25 This article about a Registered Historic Place in Washington County Rhode Island is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Great Salt Pond Archeological District amp oldid 1092722866, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
