This image provided by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, shows bricks that were believed to be part of military barracks during the American Revolution at an archaeological dig at Colonial Williamsburg, Va. The museum announced the site’s discovery on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia work around a chimney base in the summer of 2023 at a site where military barracks are believed to have stood during the American Revolution.
Maps and documents from the time reference a barracks built between 1776 and 1777 for the Continental army as it fought the British, the museum said in a statement this week. The structure was designed to accommodate up to 2,000 soldiers and 100 horses. The site was discovered during an archaeological dig required ahead of the construction of a proposed regional sports complex. Its planned footprint has since been shifted to preserve the roughly 3 to 4 acre barracks site.