Laurel Bay Plantation

	Laurel Bay Plantation
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Beaufort, South Carolina
Area	26.8 acres (10.8 ha)
Built	1779
NRHP reference No.	97000095
Added to NRHP	February 27, 1997

Nearest cityBeaufort, South Carolina

Area26.8 acres (10.8 ha)

Built1779

NRHPreferenceNo.97000095^[1]

Laurel Bay Plantation, also known as Woodward Plantation and Tabby Ruin Site, is a historic archaeological site located near Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site contains artifacts associated with domestic outbuilding activities related to either or both Laurel Bay Plantation (c. 1772–1779) and Woodward Plantation (c. 1800–1861). Features present at the site include sections of two tabby walls, a tabby structure foundation, two depressions, two brick piles, and a shell pile.^[2]^[3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

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