Location : ../.. > Ward > Plymouth > St. Peter & the Waterfront Ward > Barbican Mayflower Steps > West Pier
Site/Position : To right of side door.

Main Transcription
Description : Engraved lettering, all capitals, serif.
Transcription : THE ROANOKE COLONIES / FROM PLYMOUTH ON 27TH APRIL 1584, / WALTER RALEIGH SENT PHILIP AMADAS AND ARTHUR BARLOW TO NORTH AMERICA TO / EXPLORE AND PREPARE FOR ENGLISH COLONISATION / ON 13TH JULY THEY CLAIMED LAND / IN THE NAME OF QUEEN ELIZABETH / CALLED VIRGINIA IN HER HONOUR / THIS AREA IS NOW KNOWN AS NORTH CAROLINA / IN 1585 A COLONY UNDER GOV. RALPH LANE / SETTLED THERE ON ROANOKE ISLAND / REMAINING A YEAR, IN 1587 A SECOND COLONY / UNDER GOV. JOHN WHITE ESTABLISHED THE / "CITTIE OF RALEGH" AT THE SAME SITE / THIS SETTLEMENT KNOWN AS RALEIGHS 'LOST COLONY' / DISAPPEARED BETWEEN 1587 & 1590.

Additional Crests/Logos
Transcription : THIS PLAQUE UNVEILED BY THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA / IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD MAYOR OF PLYMOUTH ON / 27TH APRIL 1984, COMMEMORATES THE 400TH / ANNIVERSARY OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S COLONIES.

Material : marble

Reference Number : PLAQUE 079