FORMER ASHE HILL SCHOOL

The Former Ashe Hill School site has the potential to contain the archaeological footprint of a small, semi-rural state school occupied throughout the first half of the 20th century (1915-1948). As the main school structure burnt down and was rebuilt in 1941, it allows for the examination of shifting styles of public architecture during the inter-war period in a rural setting. The site is a unique example in the Marshall and Charlemont area of a community space designed to cater to the education of children.

The site is of archaeological, historical, scientific, and social significance at a local level.

The site is of historical and social significance due to its association with education and a period of population growth within the Marshall area. 

The Former Ashe Hill School site has moderate to high archaeological potential. Given the fire, there is a reasonable likelihood for significant archaeological deposits in undisturbed portions of the site, including architectural footings or stumps, chimney bases, remnants of associated landscaping and outbuildings, and accidental discard both from the children who routinely occupied the site, as well as that associated with the fire event. It is likely that other structures placed or built on the property subsequent to its use as a school are located to the southeast of the main school structure. The spoil mounds along the northern boundary of the site are likely to be associated with ground disturbance during the residential occupation of the property and are considered to be of low archaeological potential.