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Collected Objects

Locus A

Item

Title

Locus A

Description

Locus A is the stone-built cellar foundation of a moderate sized building. It consists of a main foundation with an exterior staircase on the northern wall, and a small addition on the southern wall. It is the north-eastern most planation building of Hughes Estate.
A wooden upper level would likely have rested on the foundation, with the stairway leading to a wooden veranda.
Locus A is tentatively identified as the residence (great house) of the owners of Hughes Estate.
Material: Lime mortar poured bricks, lime mortar

Subject

~18-19th century Sugar Plantation Building, Anguilla

Creator

Photos by Elysia Petras and Paul Farnsworth

Extent

Dimensions: Main foundation 6.5 x 11.5 meters in L & W, exterior staircase attached to NW portion of northern wall 1.8 x 4.7 meters in L & W. Small room out from SW portion of southern main wall roughly 6 x 5.19 meters L&W.