An aerial view (looking south) of Fairfield plantation in 2001, the manor house ruin is located
within the central ring of trees. To the east (left) is the excavation of an early 18th-century
clay borrow pit that contained a late 17th-century ash-filled tree hole (seen in a later slide). Just left of
the ring of trees is the excavation area for the northeast corner of the mid-18th-century
enclosed garden. An early-to-mid-18th-century slave quarter excavation is to the west (right).
In the upper right hand corner of the field is a mid-to-late 18th-century slave quarter which is
currently under investigation. The clump of trees in the upper left portion of the field is
the Burwell/Thruston family cemetery and the York River is visible in the background along the
top of the photo.