Boston, Massachusetts—according to a associated Press According to the report, excavations at Breed’s Hill, the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill, have revealed an earthwork outline, eight musket balls and parts of a musket. Earthen walls were quickly built by the Americans to slow down British forces who captured Boston in June 1775. Boston city archaeologist Joe Bagley said that possible locations for the fort were identified with ground-penetrating radar, and the presence of a defensive ditch approximately three feet deep and six feet wide was confirmed through excavations. American soldiers dug out soil from the ditch and built a six-foot-high square fortification that was approximately 150 feet long on both sides. Although about 150 people were killed in the fighting, no human remains were recovered. Battlefield archaeologist Joel Bouhi said the gun shells recovered were fired by both armies. “You can see the mark of the ramrod when the soldier took it down,” Bohi said. Tea cups, tobacco pipes, sleeve buttons and a wig curler found in the ditch are believed to have been left by British soldiers who stayed in the area after the battle. For an in-depth read about the townspeople who lost everything in the conflict, visit “In the Shadow of Bunker Hill”
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