South of Leesburg on Route 15. Only one mound was clearly visible at this location. (Supposedly four at said location.) I saw others nearby, but not on same side of Route 15.... Fascinating!
May 29, 2012
Sanger St., Lorton, VA
Looking south from Silverbrook Rd. across Lorton Rd. Inova Health building (campus?) going up.
Log Cabin (Lot 16), Leesburg, VA
Constructed c1767.
Plan of the Town of Leesburg, 1759
Executed by John Hough, Leesburg, Virginia
Original town comprised of 60 acres, included 70 lots & 7 intersecting streets.
Lots required the purchaser to "erect, build, and finish...one house of brick, stone, or wood well framed of the dimensions of twenty feet long and sixteen feet wide and nine feet pitched at the least with a brick or stone chimney."
(The Log Cabin Lot is highlighted in yellow.)
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