Hobcaw Point Powder Magazine
In 1770, the South Carolina colonial government authorized construction of a powder magazine near the Wando River plantations and Hobcaw Point shipyards. A four-sided earthen embankment with a brick powder magazine and guardhouse stood near here from 1772 to 1783, on the land of Capt. Clement Lempriere. A detachment of colonial militia was assigned to protect the magazine.
Marker is at the intersection of Muirhead Road (State Road 10-503) and Sugar Cane Way, on the right when traveling south on Muirhead Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
