Gungywamp Hill
Gungywamp is an archaeological site in Groton, Connecticut consisting of artifacts and the remains of colonial structures. The site includes the remains of houses and a storage structure, as well as a double circle of stones near its center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 354 feet
- Description: archaeological site in CT
- Also known as: “Gungy Wamps” and “Gungywamp”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Submarine Force Library and Museum and Nathan Lester House.
Submarine Force Library and Museum
Museum
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The United States Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum is located on the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut. It is the only submarine museum managed exclusively by the Naval History & Heritage Command division of the Navy, and this makes it a repository for many special submarine items of national significance, including USS Nautilus .
Nathan Lester House
Museum
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The Nathan Lester House is a historic house museum at 153 Vinegar Hill Road in the Gales Ferry section of Ledyard, Connecticut. Built in 1793, it is a well-preserved example of an unpretentious late 18th-century farmhouse, and one of the few houses of that age left in the town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gales Ferry and Quaker Hill Historic District.
Gales Ferry
Village
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Gales Ferry is a census-designated place and village in the town of Ledyard, Connecticut, United States. It is located along the eastern bank of the Thames River.
Quaker Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Quaker Hill Historic District encompasses the center a mainly residential village in northeastern Waterford, Connecticut. Running in a mostly linear fashion along Old Norwich Road between Connecticut Route 32 and Richard Grove Road, the area first grew…
Quaker Hill
Village
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Quaker Hill is a village or neighborhood in the town of Waterford, in the southeastern part of Connecticut, United States. It is located in the northeastern corner of the town, on the west bank of the Thames River north of New London, and centered on the intersection of the Old Norwich Road and the Old Colchester Road.
Gungywamp Hill
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Town of Ledyard, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.40149° or 41° 24′ 5″ northLongitude
-72.05424° or 72° 3′ 15″ westElevation
354 feet (108 metres)Open location code
87H9CW2W+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 359263981OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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