Public invited to see Mars Bluff Naval Yard site

Christopher Amer, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology state underwater archaeologist head and maritime research division associate director, talks about some of the Confederate rifle shells recovered at the Mars Bluff Naval Yard site June 5 in Florence.

By: From local reports | SCNow
Published: June 11, 2009

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East Carolina University is inviting the public to visit the Mars Bluff Naval Yard site on the east side of the Great Pee Dee River in Marion County from 10 a.m. to noon Friday.

The public can look at the site and have questions about the artifacts recovered answered by students from the ECU Program in Maritime Studies. The project of the S.C. Institute for Archeology and Anthropology at the University of South Carolina is in collaboration with the East Carolina University Program in Maritime Studies and Francis Marion University, which is conducting a field school at the site through June 19.

To get to the site from Florence, take East Palmetto Street, cross the Great Pee Dee River into Marion County, then turn left at Hassie Road. Cross the railroad tracks and turn left onto Mossy Point Court and continue until it curves to the right. Just past the curve will be a fence on the left with iron gates. Go through the security gates and park near the white mobile home.