Experimental Crop Garden The Experimental Crop Garden showcases crops planted by early colonists for food and profit. While offerings vary seasonally, sugarcane and indigo, two attempted cash crops, are frequently visible.
Adventure Adventure is a replica of a ketch, a popular style of 17th-century cargo vessel. Similar ships carried commercial goods, foodstuffs, and even livestock between New York, Barbados, and everywhere in between. Renowned 20th century naval architect and historian
William Avery Baker designed
Adventure in 1969. The first
Adventure served Charles Towne Landing from 1970 until 2004. The second
Adventure was constructed in 2008 by Rockport Marine in Maine and sailed to Charles Towne Landing in October, 2008.
Fortified area The Fortified Area of the site is bounded by a reconstructed
palisade wall. Colonists constructed the original palisade wall to defend the young colony from a land-side attack from the Spanish. The Fortified Area also contains reconstructed earthwork fortifications and six replica cannon. The colonists mounted a battery of cannon facing the Ashley River, and a second battery defended Towne Creek (present day Old Towne Creek). Both the palisade wall and earthwork fortifications are both partially reconstructed on their archeological footprint.
Animal forest The Animal Forest, a natural habitat zoo, is home to species indigenous to Carolina in the 1670s. Some of these animals, such as puma and bison, are no longer native to the South Carolina Low Country. Animals at the zoo include:
Birds •
Great blue heron (
Ardea herodias) •
Brown pelican (
Pelecanus occidentalis) •
Great egret (
Casmerodius albus) •
Black-crowned night heron (
Nycticorax nycticorax) •
White ibis (
Eudocimus albus) •
Wild turkey (
Maleagris gallopavo) •
Turkey vulture (
Cathartes aura) •
Black vulture (
Coragyps atratus) •
Yellow-crowned night heron (
Nyctanassa violacea)
Mammals •
Red wolf (
Canis rufus) •
Striped skunk (
Mephitis mephitis) •
Black bear (
Ursus americanus) •
White-tailed deer (
Odocoileus virginianus) •
Bison (
Bison bison) •
Bobcat (
Felis rufus) •
Pumas/cougars/mountain lions (
Felis concolor) •
North American river otter (
Lutra canadensis)
Archaeology Archaeological finds include Native American, English, and African artifacts. Professional archeology at the site began in 1967, and continues through the present day. ==References==