Who really cares? Someone knew it was there when the lake was built and didn't stop them then. Are not most older towns built on the ruins of even older towns. So if we spend tax dollars to save this neat and orderly pile of rocks, that means you must protect all neat and orderly piles of rocks where a house once stood, so that means no more building in downton New Bern, Bath or even downtown Raleigh, as stuff was there before. I have a great idea how the ACofE can protect and preserve this great "find". Cover it with a protective coating of water, really deep water. It will keep harmful sunlight, oxygen, and even vandals from harming this historically siginificant pile of rocks. A building, yes, a chunk of land where something important happened, maybe, but a pile of rocks and some household trash from a long gone pre-antebellum house, who really cares. I doubt George Washington slept there, but if he did, I don't think he'd really want us to know about it.

"If the site is deemed to be significant, the Army Corps of Engineers may have to protect it when the waters rise."

Hope you folks in Raleigh like your water supply being permanently 3' low to "protect" this pile of rocks....

Wow.. some very ignorant posts on this topic. I am willing to bet if they found very valuable memorabilia from the Civil War some doubters of its importance would turn full circle. I doubt they will - but if anything very interesting is found any doubters would look very stupid.

I found that plantation during the last drought. Left a good part of my propeller out there. Would somebody who gives a rip about a derelict foundation mail it to me?

HA HA! "... if I want to see something old and useless I'll visit downtown Raleigh." Good one, Trooper!