EDGECOMBE ROAD FARM COTTAGE

The cottage itself has thearchaeological potentialshown by a possible nearby cesspit, outbuildings andsub-floor deposits. The cottage may not have been ever connected to utilities such as gas, electricity or internal plumbing, and in turn may have been used by seasonal farm workers.

There is the potential to further our understanding of who lived there and when. This is also an opportunity to investigate a late 19th century site which appears relatively unmodified by later renovations or development.

This site has historical significance to the township of Kyneton. Kyneton was settled by squatters in the 1830s and 40s, and was a pit-stop on the way to the Castlemaine and Bendigo diggings during the gold rush. Later, the township remained an agricultural and pastoral town, and this site may represent a farm workers/tenant's cottage from the late 19th century.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Artefacts/Relics