Big Meadows Site | |
 A view of Big Meadows | |
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| Nearest city | Luray, Virginia |
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| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003172 [1] |
| VLR No. | 056-0056 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 13, 1985 |
| Designated VLR | September 16, 1982 [2] |
The Big Meadows Site is an archaeological site on the National Register of Historic Places near Luray, Virginia. It is located in Shenandoah National Park.
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Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove Plantation.
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The Bull Thistle Cave Archaeological Site is an archaeological site on the National Register of Historic Places, located in Tazewell County, Virginia. It is a vertical shaft pit burial cave. The distribution of the skeletal remains indicates that bodies were either thrown or lowered into the cave. On the surface of the cave floor, researchers have discovered the remains of a minimum of 11 bodies. Based on an artifact recovered from the site, it is estimated that the cave was used for burials between 1300 and 1600 AD.
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