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This device twists as you move the horizontal handle up and down. The point, spinning on the wood base, created heat which could catch dry grass on fire.
Several of the casemates in the fort have been converted to Museum rooms, including this one.
The building in the far side is probably a little on the small side. The building on the right is probably a barn or work shed.
Our guide, Lindsay is letting us into the Fort. Henricus is the second permanent town founded in America by the English, although it only lasted from 1611 to 1622.
Lindsay is explaining how the Powhatan natives lived.
This house reflects how a farmer might have lived in early Henricus. It may be quite similar to the one John Rolfe and Pocahontas lived in.
Henricus was primarily a military outpost, so would have had a compliment of soldiers and armor.