Like most of the European finds at Cape Creek, however, the artifact was mixed in with objects that date to the mid-17th century, a full lifetime after the Roanoke colony was abandoned.

Scott Dawson, the president of the Croatoan Archaeological Society who runs The Lost Colony Museum, believes a recent discovery reinforces research that the Lost Colony relocated to Hatteras Island.

Large amounts of hammerscale, metal scraps left over from blacksmithing, that have recently been found on North Carolina’s Hatteras Island could finally settle the mystery of what happened to ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two large piles of iron flakes on North Carolina's Hatteras Island that they say are evidence of a 16th-century "Lost Colony" of English settlers who disappeared in ...

A portion of the cargo was lost. The remainder will be saved on the beach. W.J.A. FULLER, Esq., of New-York, went 65 miles in a storm in a canoe across the Sound, to Fort Hatteras, for assistance ...

Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Service Station shipwreck responses: Dec. 4, 1882: Steamer Enterprise, three lives lost Nov. 31, 1882: Schooner Edna Harwood, one life lost ...

The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, ... It either referred to Croatoan Island, which is now called Hatteras Island, or the Croatoan Indians.

His recent book, “The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island,” documents his team’s discoveries over the last 10 years. Dawson is a native Hatteras Island, having grown up less than a mile from the ...

This column is the result of an article headlined: “‘Smoking gun’ evidence of Lost Colony’s relocation to Hatteras Island makes international news.” It appeared in the May 15, 2025 ...

The recent discovery of copious amounts of iron trash on North Carolina's Hatteras Island may reveal the fate of a ...