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Rev :<I5.I4.95 MINNESOTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FORM <br />OFnCE OF THE STATE ARCILVEOLOGIST <br />Fon Snelling History Center. Sl Paul. MN 551 II (612) 726-1171 <br />OSA License #: None <br />STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFTICE <br />345 Kellogg Boulevard W., St. Paul. MN 55102 (612) 296-5434 <br />SHPORC#- 97-0254 <br />Date of Fieldwork: November 22,1996 <br />Site#: 21HE0278 Site Name: <br />X New Site _ Site Update <br />Field#: BCA514-5 <br />LOCATIONAL INFORMATION (attach USCS topographic quad and sketch map with site location outlined) <br />County: Hennepin Cily/Twp. Name: Orono SHPO Region: 4S <br />uses 7.5* Quadrangle Map (name and year): Excelsior. 1958 revised 1993 <br />Township: 118N <br />Township: <br />Township: <br />Range: 23W <br />Rang.;: <br />Range: <br />Section: 25 <br />Section: <br />Section: <br />V* Sections (at least 2): N’E'/i, SE«/4, SWV4 <br />V4 Sections (at least 2): <br />V* Sections (at least 2): <br />UTM Site Coordinates (use 1927 datum; identify center point only): <br />Zone 15 Easting 457,870 Northing 4,988.370 <br />Zone Easting Northing <br />Other locational information: From the eastern corporate boundary of Orono, proceeo west on CSAH 6 0.6 mile, then south <br />and west on Spring Hill Road 6(X) feet. The site is on the north S' Je of Spring Hill Road, in a wooded area. <br />SITE CHAR.4CTERISTICS <br />Acreage: <1 Site Dimensions (both horizontal and vertical, in metric): 20 x 30 meters (ns x ew) <br />Features (check gJl that apply and describe):_ depressions <br />description: Stone and mortar foundation with cut logs <br />mounds X foundations _ other <br />_ earthwork/mound <br />., cemetery/burial <br />Site Description (check all the pply and describe as needed): <br />__ single artifact ^ artifact scatter _ liihic scatter <br />_ sUTJCtural ruin _ rock alignment _ rock art <br />X other: foundation <br />description: stone foundation with associated cut log structural remains and surrounding artifact scatter. <br />Inferred Site Function: The remains of a house or outbuilding. <br />Current Land Use (check all that apply): <br />_ cultivated woodland <br />fallow _ recreational <br />_ grassland _ road <br />Surface Visibility <br />_ excellent cood <br />_ commercial <br />_ industrial <br />residential <br />fair <br />unknown <br />other: _ <br />Degree of Disturbance (check and describe) <br />minimal X moderate <br />X poor <br />_ destroyed _ unknown_ .........— ^ ---------- _ heavy _ _______ _ <br />description: This foundation is located in a wooded area that is unplowed. Shovel testing indicated that the associated <br />artifact scatter is at least partially intact. Artifacts were found both in and below the plowzone in the adjacent field, and in the <br />unplowcd wooded area. <br />Current Threats to Site: <br />_ erosion _X_ development _ other: