Ft. Norfolk Project Showcases Suite of Services

Overview of 1810 Powder Magazine
Overview of 1810 Powder Magazine

A powder magazine was a building used to store fuses, gunpowder, and munitions, protecting them from the elements. This newly excavated powder magazine was 25 feet wide, 35 feet long, with a deep cellar.

North wall and dripline of powder magazine
North wall and dripline of powder magazine
West wall of magazine
West wall of magazine
Fort Norfolk
Fort Norfolk

Bringing together archaeology, history architecture, and GIS, our recent work at Fort Norfolk is a great example of Gray & Pape’s suite of services. Our team excavated an 1810 powder magazine, located one of the gun emplacement, performed a remote sensing survey using GPR and magnetometer, and conducted an architectural survey of the fortification and associated structures. Fort Norfolk is the last remaining of 19 harbor-front forts authorized in 1794 by President George Washington.