Show old fornof fort oi lost colonists unearthed washington becent recent archeo logical excavations at the aradi dional site of the tort fort of sir walter raleigh s lost colonists within fort raleigh national historic site on roanoke island off the north carolina coast have revealed tive tave evidence of an old earthen fortification which may be the one constructed by Ra raleigh leighs s colonists according to newton B drury dl rector of national park service i f 4 kit im three exploratory trenches have been excavated at the fort site ble in each trench was the profile ol 01 the ditch or moat of the fort ap proximately 10 feet broad and 5 feet deep the depth and charac ter of the fill indicate that the tort fort is indubitably of great age in con to the remains of civil wai wal forts of earthen construction dis covered elsewhere on roanoke I 1 is land |