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Between 1990 and 1992 archaeological excavations were conducted at Ashland as part of the renovation and expanded interpretation efforts. This excavation was performed by the University of Kentucky and sponsored by the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, the Kentucky Heritage Council and the Keeneland Association. The goals of the excavation were to provide information to aid in the renovation and future interpretation of Ashland, and to examine areas which might be adversely impacted by ground disturbances associated with the work being done on the project. The archaeological investigations at Ashland focused on the main house, its immediate yard and the surrounding outbuildings. Particularly interesting discoveries include a stone outbuilding, a brick outbuilding or pond foundation, a brick drain, an early brick apron at the front of the mansion, a re-excavated (1850s) mansion foundation trench, a sealed pre-1850s refuse deposit beneath the rear veranda, a dense refuse deposit behind the smokehouse and evidence of landscape changes in the front of the main house. Go to: The Grounds of Ashland
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Sycamore Road
©Copyright, The Henry Clay Memorial Foundation, 2001
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