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King Philip's Hill

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NRHP Reference #
  
81000106

Year built
  
1675

Nearest city
  
Northfield

Area
  
5 ha

Added to NRHP
  
16 December 1981

King Philip's Hill

King Philip's Hill is a historic site off Old Bernardston Road in Northfield, Massachusetts. In 1675 the Wampanoag chief Metacom, also called "King Philip" by English colonists, is said to have held council here during King Philip's War. The hill has evidence of what appear to be trenches and other remnants of fortification from the time, but the exact nature of these is debatable; 19th century area historian George Sheldon believed the trenches to be the work of a colonist.

The site added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

References

King Philip's Hill Wikipedia