Archaeology group digs into history at Beaufort site

An eye, an ear, two teeth, some arms and a leg -- almost enough parts to build a 200-year-old doll -- were just some of the relics found Sunday at Historic Beaufort Foundation's North Street archaeological dig.

With the help of Charles Haecker -- an archaeologist with the National Parks Service and a direct descendant of the lot's antebellum owner -- the group excavated the back lot of 807 North St. in a historically middle-class neighborhood.

Patrick McGrath, a carpenter, purchased two North Street lots in 1841 and built the house at the front of the lot.