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Show of Lost Colonists' Unearthed C8 " Recent archeo-SR archeo-SR t the tradi-?tte tradi-?tte fort of Sir Walter st colonists" within national historic site toast Land ofl tne Nortn ckc wealed posi- k I t ,ma be one s KaleiKh's colonists, 'NiJ0Il Park service. Three exploratory trenches have been excavated at the fort site. Visible Visi-ble in each trench was the profile oi the ditch or moat of the fort, approximately ap-proximately 10 feet broad and 54 feet deep. The depth and character charac-ter of the fill indicate that the fort is indubitably of great age. in con trast to the remains of Civil war forts of earthen construction discovered dis-covered elsewhere on Roanoke is- ( land. |