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INVENTORY FORM
I)IVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALIIANY. NE~,'¥ YORK ( 518I 4744)479
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
UNIQUE SITE NO.
QUAD.
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YOUR NAME: Town of Southolfi/SPLIA
DATE:I,r ovember 1'3'37
YOUR .ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE:d~Z~
Southold, LI, NY 11971
ORGANIZATIONlifany):Southold Tov:n Communitv Development ,3f.Tice
I. NAME OF DISTRICT: ,;Iargolin I'.Iarsh
._. CCIrNTY: du£folk TOBqq/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Orient
DESCRIPTION: ?ie. rgolin Uarsh is a 25 acre ,qalt marsh.
Located '.'.'est of Cedar Birch Rd. and south of blain Ad., dYZ .{to.
._p. Adjoins Long Beach Bay to the south, on the opoosi~;e ::hor~
of Orient Beach State Park. This marsh is 1.2 miles: ',:e:t
£,rient Point £:erry.
SIGNIFICANCE:the L[argolin IJarsh ~as do-
nated tc The Nat~ure Conservancy in
1979 htr Eichard H. Vargolin. This
marsh is-~ot
cause it provides nesting and feed-
Lnq areas for the threatened osprey5
~-,ut also is near two si%es of
n~cH~61o~icsl research, the Barnfield
"eck ~ite and the Eagle t!eck Site.
~. M.\P: NYS DOT Orient quad
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~ BAY
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6. SOURCES:
The Nature Conservancy, Long Beach Bay..',qe~lands, 1982.
Archival Evaluation of the Orient Point Subdivision
Aborigival site potential. Billadello and Johannemann.
7. THREATS TO AREA:
BY ZONING [] BY ROADS []
BY DETERIORATION []
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
OTHER
BY DEVELOPERS []
(in adjacent areas
8. LOCAL ATTITUDES TOWARD THE AREA:
9. PHOTOS:
Fozva prepared
~v ;furt :Tahofer,
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research
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The Hount PLeasant Site is located around a small
embayment opposfte Terry Point. It was excavated
by Foster H. Savltte and the Inc. LoI. Chapter of
the N.Y.S. Archaeological Associat;on.
The Na~or Banks Site is Located at the mouth of this
same small embayment (southeast Of the Nount PLea-
sant S~te) on Orient Harbor. This site was also
recorded by the Inc. L.I. Chapter of the N.Y.S.
~rchaeotogicat AssoCiation.
The Brown Brothers' S~te ~s Located on a westerly
feeder stream of HatLocks Bay.
The Barnfietd Neck Site is Located on Eagle Point,
a peninsula which juts into Long Beach Bay. Th~s
was a vftlage site recorded by the Inc. L.I. Chap-
ter of the N.Y.S. Archaeological Association.
The Jagger Site is located on the west side of Hat-
locks Bay north of the Brown Brothers' Site. It
was excavated by four members of the Inc. L.I. Chap-
ter of the N.Y.S. Archaeological Association be-
tween 1925 and 1929. It was an aboriginal village
site of the Late Woodland (Sebonac) Period which
also contafned some ~istoric material.
TEe Latham Brothers' Farm Site is Located near the
headwaters of Hatlocks Bay. It was excavated by
Roy Latham of the Inc. L.I. Chapter df the N.Y.S.
Archaeological Association. Latham described it
as a double child burial (two infants placed back
to back with their heads toward the south) within
a 26' deep grave. Ten feet south of the burial
was a circular pit C30' in diameter and 28' deep)
fflled with soft clam shells. A Sebonac pot was
found between thr burial and the pit.
The Eagle Neck Site is located on Eagles Neck Point
on Long Beach Bay. It was recorded by the Inc.
L.Z. Chapter of the N.Y.S. Archaeological Assoc.
The Orient Beach State Park Site is Located on a
narrow penfnsula which juts southwesterly into
Bard~ners Bay.
The Five Acre Indian Village Site is located north
of Eing St. between King St. and Narrow River Rd.
~t was excavated by Roy Latham and R. W~ggens in
1925 and 1968. They describe it as part of an
extensive shell heap floor that extended from Long
Beach Bay~to Orient Harbor.
The King Street Site is located
and east of Village La.
west of":~ing St.
Archival ~valu~tion of The Orient ?oint Subdivision
Aboriginal site potential. Billadello and Johannemann
[,~argolin [,Iarsh
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Long Beach Bay Wetlands
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OR-42A
LONG BEACH BAY WETLANDS
Southold
Suffolk County
Salt Marsh
Of Interest These wetlands In Orient Point are on
the north side of Long Beach Bay. Immediately to
the south is the Orient Beach State Park. These
wetlands are significant because they provide the
threatened osprey with nesting and feeding areas.
As of.1982 there are eight active nests in these
wetlands. Most of these lands are not now open to
visitors because they are owned privately. The
Nature Conservancy owns two preserves In this
area and Is sseklng to bring other tracts under Its
protection. The Whitcom Marsh (17 acres) Is the
_only fresh water marshland at Orient Point. It has a
·" black-crowned night heron roost of some 12-14 in-
-' '~'- '/ dlvlduals. The Mar~lolln Marsh (25 acres) is a salt ,,
-".~.~.,~=,, ,..mmarsh separated from .n_eigbborl~ uplands_by a
~.~dlke constructed., a~er__ t~he ~1938 _hur_ri_~_a[~._ An
~r~Lp!a_t.~o~r ~m,.~ac t i ve~i n~cer t ~i ~ ~r. ecent
;/ears, is located on this preserve.
History The very earliest Indian races in Long Beach Bay are known mostly from the ar-
chaelogical work of Roy Latham, a famous naturalist who lived in this area. Called the
"Orient Focus" people, the artifacts they left suggest no link with later indian tribes who
settled perhaps as early as 1,000 years ago. Hunting and collecting by Indians and then col-
onists included deer, small mammals, fish, shellfish, shorebirds and ducks. Tl~e MarAqlln
Marsh was donated to the Conservancy in 1979 bJLRichard ,H. Mar~lo,lin end the Whit~om
~t~'~i{'(~"'m~ln~t~"~.o'~p~nY." "
Admission to Preserves Like other preserves, these two preserves are open to individuals
who obtain prior permission from the Conservancy and who abide by the Conservancy's
policies on preserve use. Please obtain parking information from the office.
Directions Drive all the way east on the North Fork (Route 25). The Long Beach Bay
wetlands are less than two miles west of the entrance to the New London ferry at Orient
Point. Whltcom Marsh, north of Route 25, is about two miles west of the ferry. Mareolin
~g~ut_h_o~R_o._u~._e.~[_s_ab(~_! ?? m_ I!es west of the ferry.
The Nature Conservancy
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