PORT TOBACCO, Md. -- Archaeologists have uncovered four Colonial Period graves and the remains of a fence that bound the community cemetery in Port Tobacco, according to the Port Tobacco Archaeological Project. The remains were found during a two-week study of historic Port Tobacco. Volunteers from Maryland, New York and New Jersey participated in the excavation of four sites that had been identified during an archaeological survey of the Colonial town site last fall. Members of the Port Tobacco Archaeological Project said the discovery has brought them very close to identifying the exact spot on which an Anglican Church stood between the 1680s and 1709. Excavators recovered pieces of clay daub from above and within the graves that was likely used to plaster the fireplace and chimney of the wooden church. Local residents and historians have long known of the community cemetery on the north side of town. It was used throughout the 1800s but was buried by sediment around the turn of the 20th century. No effort has yet been made to relocate it. The uncovered graves have been mapped, but will remain unexcavated. The uncovered graves are approximately 160 feet south of the outline of the 1886 Episcopal Church. Future excavations will continue to explore the cemetery with the goals of determining its extent, the number of graves, and the location of the church http://www.nbc4.com/news/16726944/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news