This site is located on a level piece of ground next to, and just above, the Grand-Pré marsh. Archaeological excavations were conducted here by Parks Canada during the summers of 1972-73. Archaeologists noticed a shallow depression in the surface of the earth here and decided to investigate.

Excavation revealed a square pit measuring roughly 7m each side, with sides cut into the earth at an angle of 70 degrees to depth of 1.5m. This pit was filled with stones of various sizes, bringing it nearly flush with the surface of the surrounding ground.

Archaeologists discovered several large, flat stones just below the sod to the west of the pit, but no pattern in their distribution – and therefore no clear purpose or function - could be determined.

One particularly interesting feature associated with the large pit was a narrow (0.67m wide) trench leading north and downhill toward the marsh. At the bottom of this trench, archaeologists found a stone drain made from flat stones covering a stone lined channel. It appears to have been built to channel water out from the base of the pit.

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