NC-D22 Early Drawbridge

Marker text: D22 EARLY DRAWBRIDGE
One of the few drawbridges in the American colonies was built near here by Benjamin Heron about 1768. Destroyed by British troops, 1781.
Department of Conservation and Development, 1940

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Location: US 117 north of Castle Hayne, New Hanover County, North Carolina

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