Colony of Avalon Walking Tour - Pool Plantation Waterfront
![Pool Plantation, 1638 - 1696 Pool Plantation, 1638 - 1696](images/pool-map-three.gif)
Sometime after mid-century, perhaps following the Dutch raid of 1673, the waterfront warehouse was dismantled and replaced by a large stone barn or byre. The south wall of the warehouse was incorporated into this feature and the floor level raised by about 60cm (two feet).
![Large Stone Barn or Byre Large Stone Barn or Byre](images/barn-byre.jpg)
The cobble floor of the byre is pitched toward the center to collect waste that was channeled through the stone wall and into a drain that ended in the privy.
![The Cobble Floor of the Byre The Cobble Floor of the Byre](images/byre-floor.jpg)
The next photograph shows the south end of the privy rebuilt to accommodate the drain from the cow-house.
![Drain at the South End of the Privy Drain at the South End of the Privy](images/privy-byre.jpg)
Just outside the cow house was a dump that contained many milk pans, suggesting that dairying might have taken place nearby.
![Milk Pans from the Byre Midden Milk Pans from the Byre Midden](images/milk-pans.jpg)
On the floor of the cow-house was a tobacco pipe of West African origin, nearly identical to one from the HMS Saphire, a ship burned by her crew at Bay Bulls in 1696.
![West African Tobacco Pipe West African Tobacco Pipe](images/african-pipe.jpg)
Also follow the Audio Visual Version of this text and image-based tour at the Colony of Avalon Foundation website.