Pemaquid Archeological Site, also known as Pemaquid Restoration and Museum or ME 058-1, is an archeological site and park near or at Pemaquid Beach in Bristol, Maine

Bristol, Maine

Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,644 at the 2000 census. A fishing and resort area, Bristol includes the villages of New Harbor, Pemaquid, Round Pond, Bristol Mills and Chamberlain. It includes the Pemaquid Archeological Site, a U.S. National...

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It includes 17 contributing sites, 2 non-contributing buildings and 1 non-contributing site.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...

 in 1993.

Now known as Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site, the site includes the archaeological excavations of 17th and 18th century village buildings, a museum with excavated artifacts found on the site, including musket

Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth bore long gun, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer....

 balls, coins, pottery and early hardware, and Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine)

The Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid . The fort was rebuilt in 1908. The fort was added to...

, an early 20th century reconstruction of a late 17th century fort.

External links

• Friends of Colonial Pemaquid