Wayside Sign Site Map	Cassique of the Kiawha Statue	View of Modern Charleston from Albemarle Point	Recreated Palisade Wall	Recreated Earthworks (Interior)
Replica Cannon at Recreated Earthworks	View behind Earthworks towards river	Recreated Earthworks and Gun Platforms	Recreated Earthworks (Exterior)	Horry-Lucas Mansion Ruins
Horry-Lucas Mansion Ruins	Horry-Lucas Mansion Ruins	Archaeology Dig on site	Archaeology Dig Water Screens	Wayside Sign 1670 Town Map

(Charles Towne Landing State Park) The settlement of Carolina was planned as a planting and trading province by the Lords Proprietor, and the success of the venture came about through the efforts of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, after a 1664 settlement on the Cape Fear had failed. After a stormy voyage during which the vessels Albemarle and Port Royal were lost, the Carolina anchored off the Carolina coast and the settlers decided to plant at Kayawah. They arrived early in April 1670. This group was joined on May 23 by a sloop, The Three Brothers, that had come by way of Virginia. The settlement was located on the Ashley River in a country known by the Indians as Kayawah, and that is was on a point of land having a river on one side and marsh on the other, known as Albemarle Point. In November 1670, the colonists were informed that the town in which they were settled was to be known as Charles Towne. Threats of a Spanish invasion made the settlers quick to build fortifications. Both a broad trench and a palisade may likely have been used. Listed in the National Register December 17, 1969.

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