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Radar Finds 1775 Bunker Hill Ditch, Artifacts Revealed

6/18/2026

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Archaeologists used a centuries-old map and radar to locate a Revolutionary-War ditch beneath Boston’s Bunker Hill Monument.
Joe Bagley’s team is excavating the 1775 ditch, whose dimensions confirm the square redoubt on Henry Pelham’s 1775 map, recovering musket balls, gun flints, tea cups and a wig curler from the June 17 1775 battle.
A Wednesday remembrance ceremony with wreath-laying and a musket-firing demonstration will be held at the monument.

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Story summary

Archaeologists used a centuries-old map and radar to locate a Revolutionary-War ditch beneath Boston’s Bunker Hill Monument.
Joe Bagley’s team is excavating the 1775 ditch, whose dimensions confirm the square redoubt on Henry Pelham’s 1775 map, recovering musket balls, gun flints, tea cups and a wig curler from the June 17 1775 battle.
A Wednesday remembrance ceremony with wreath-laying and a musket-firing demonstration will be held at the monument.