VA-XV14 Big Crab Orchard or Wittens Fort

Marker text: XV14 Big Crab Orchard or Witten's Fort
On the hillside to the south stood Big Crab Orchard Fort, also known as Witten's Fort. Thomas Witten obtained land here in 1771 and built the fort as a neighborhood place of refuge. It was garrisoned in Dunmore's War, 1774.
Conversation & Development Commission, 1929