ABSTRACT
On August 21, 1814, British ground troops arrived at the town of Nottingham in eastern Prince Georges County, Maryland, on their march toward the capital, Washington, D. C. This chapter presents a combination of shovel testing, excavation units, and geophysical survey to study the development of two adjoining properties known as the Edward Griffin and Buchanan lots. Metal detector survey and geophysical testing were used to explore the British encampment area. Nottingham was a scene of confusion and tension during July and August of 1814. A variety of British and American troops, as well as local militia, occupied the town between late June and August. Many years after the war, one observer remarked that, it must be recollected by all who are conversant with the events of the late war, that during the year of 1814 Nottingham was little else than a garrison village.
