Cultural Resources Inventory of the Oyster Point Tract

In March and April 2000, Brockington and Associates, Inc. conducted a cultural resources
inventory of the 80 hectare Oyster Point Tract in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The objectives
of the inventory were to locate all above ground and subsurface cultural resources within the project
tract and to assess each resource for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places.

Investigators identified eight archaeological resources during the cultural resources
inventory of the Oyster Point Tract. These resources include three previously recorded sites
(38CH951, 38CH952, and 38CH953), one newly recorded site (38CH1753), and four isolated finds
(Isolates 1-4). We recommend site 38CH951, the remains of the Hibben family’s Sea Side
Plantation and Woodland and Mississippian period occupations, eligible for the NRHP under
Criterion D. Site 38CH953, the Palmetto Battery, is listed on the NRHP. Site 38CH1753 is a lime
kiln located in the marsh. We recommended 38CH1753 potentially eligible for the NRHP. Ground
disturbance at 38CH951, 38CH953, and 38CH1753 may have an adverse effect on these significant
or potentially significant cultural resources and should be avoided. We recommend a Memorandum
of Agreement between the owners/developers, the SCDAH, and the lead regulatory agency to ensure
proper, long-term management of these resources.
Site 38CH952 and the Isolates 1-4 are recommended not eligible for the NRHP. Further
management of these resources is not warranted.