Nova Scotia, Canada-Annapolis Valley Register The foundations of barracks built by the British in 1752 have been unearthed at Nova Scotia’s Fort Anne National Historic Site, reports say. The fort was built by Scottish settlers in 1629 to protect the port of Annapolis Royal. The barracks were approximately 145 feet long and approximately 40 feet wide, and were finally torn down in 1795. Parks Canada archaeologist Rebecca Dunham spotted the building on historical pictures and documents while researching the area before pitching a tent at the site for a parks program. “It was a large brick building, with two stories for officers and soldiers,” Dunham said. When he investigated the site, he found three-foot thick walls made of cut stone. “Digging that one corner shows us that everything is very shallow and weak,” he said. A geophysical survey was conducted to outline the building to protect it from tent construction. “Many buildings were built in Parade Square and then torn down (or burned),” said Ted Dolan of Parks Canada. “The important thing about this discovery is that it now gives a very accurate reference point that we can use to locate other building foundations in Parade Square, because the plans we have give accurate distances from other buildings. We can now accurately estimate the exact locations of other foundations on the site,” he explained. To read about French colonists in seventeenth-century Nova Scotia, visit “Paradise Lost“
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