Heron's Bridge, built in 1768, was the first drawbridge in the Carolinas and the site of a Revolutionary War battle in 1781 between British troops and Patriot militias. This location is key to understanding North Carolina's history, and the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology's Underwater Archaeology Branch team is revisiting the site to see what new information may still be uncovered. For a behind-the-scenes look at their efforts to discover what lies beneath the Cape Fear River, visit t

The Giant drawbridge Part of a large set of napoleonic forts that all kind of create one huge fortress defence to protect the citadel . This place has been bugging me for ages after only getting halfway inside before getting stuck previously and having to turn around . Once passed the huge closed drawbridge that scuppered me before some real historic treasures awaited me . The first really cool thing was the flooring blocks made perfectly all square out of wood for the horse drawn carts to pass