Address Restricted, Barnstable, Massachusetts. County/parish: Barnstable.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 10, 1987. NRIS 87000305.
Part of Barnstable MRA (NRIS 64000271).
57 contributing buildings. 13 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.
Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District is a historic district in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sandy Neck is a long spit of land extending east–west on the northern shore of the lower portion of Cape Cod, sheltering Barnstable Harbor. This area has a fairly lengthy history of human occupation, including archaeological prehistoric and colonial historic resources. Archaeological research in the 1960s identified shell middens dating from the pre-contact Woodland Period.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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