AkDi-23 was excavated in 1998 and starkly contrasts with the nature of all other sites identified, to date, in Birchtown. This site is believed to be the home of Stephen and Margaret Blucke. Stephen Blucke was a military leader and was dubbed Birchtown's leader by the British government in Nova Scotia. As such, the Blucke household had access to greater material wealth than the other residents at Birchtown. This has resulted in a rich archaeological record (13,843 artifacts recovered) at AkDi-23 , unlike the rest of the sites at Birchtown with assemblages often containing less than 50 artifacts. We do know that Stephen Blucke was still living here into 1796. This longer occupation would allow the archaeological record to accumulate over at least a thirteen year period, longer than many other Black Loyalist sites, in addition to the Blucke's greater wealth. This site falls within the Blucke lot, as recorded on the Goulden Map, however the extent of development on Blucke's lot is still unclear. Hopefully, future archaeological investigations will shed light on the other features of the Blucke site.
View from Ackers Brook, present-day house on the former lot of Stephen Blucke, looking northeast	Archaeologists at work (1998), excavating the cellar of the Blucke house, looking southwest
Corey Guye excavating at AkDi-23, top of the cobble fill, looking north	Excavated quadrants over the Blucke cellar, looking south
Profile, edge of cobble-filled cellar, east wall	Profile, west wall