An Acadian Home at Belleisle
The house was a substantial wood framed structure on a basalt fieldstone foundation and is an example of the French construction method known as charpente. A massive hearth, oven and chimney stood at one end of a single room. The walls were partly infilled with clay and the roof was thatched.
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The Belleisle marsh, located upriver from Annapolis Royal, was settled by 1679. By 1755, there may have been as many as 30 houses along the margins of the Belleisle marsh.. The settlement was abandoned and destroyed in that year and only three house foundations survive as archaeological features today. In 1983, one of these foundations was excavated by archaeologists, providing valuable insights into early Acadian life. A detailed 
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