Mount Shepherd Pottery Site

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Mount Shepherd Pottery Site
Nearest city Asheboro, North Carolina
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
NRHP reference No. 80002895 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1980

The Mount Shepherd Pottery Site is a historic archaeological site on the grounds of the Mount Shepherd Retreat Center, outside Asheboro, North Carolina. The site is that of a late 18th-century pottery, possibly of Moravian origin. The principal feature of the site is a five-flued circular kiln, and it was accompanied by numerous pottery fragments and items, including stove tiles, slipware, earthenware, and smoking pipes. The site has been associated with Moravian master potter Gottfried Aust. [2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Mount Shepherd Pottery Site History" (PDF). Randolph County. Retrieved September 4, 2015.