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Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Wear Of Centuries

 
 
Wear Of Centuries Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2015
1. Wear Of Centuries Marker
Inscription. Just ahead the road climbs to the level ground above the millpond. The ravine like depression in which it follows represents more natural wear from horses, carriages and wagons than any recent grading. It is a visible reminder that the roadway here has been in use nigh on to 300 years.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraRoads & VehiclesWar, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 37° 12.983′ N, 76° 29.517′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. Marker is on Historical Tour Road, 0.8 miles south of Moore House Road (Virginia Route 238), on the left when traveling south. Located along the Battlefield Tour route on the Yorktown Battlefield, part of Colonial National Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Wormley Creek Crossing (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); American Approach Road (approx. 0.3 miles away); American Encampment (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Deposit (approx. 0.4 miles away); Moore House (approx. half a mile away); Major General Benjamin Lincoln and His Division (approx. 0.6 miles away); The First Siege Line
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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Virginia Militia (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.
 
Also see . . .  Yorktown Battlefield. Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service (Submitted on November 9, 2015.) 
 
Wear Of Centuries Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2015
2. Wear Of Centuries Marker
Sunken Road image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2015
3. Sunken Road
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 331 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 9, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.

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