The Old Sheldon Church ruins, which lie in northern Beaufort County near the town of Yemassee, were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

The Old Sheldon Church ruins in Yemassee are shown Sunday after a fence was installed around the structure. The 18th-century ruins have been the target of regular vandalism throughout the years.

Old Sheldon Church, ... In the past, damaging concrete material has been used on parts of the ruins, probably by well-meaning church members patching an empty joint without guidance, Ford said.

YEMASSEE — Tucked away in a wooded area about a 25-minute drive north of Beaufort, the ruins of the Old Sheldon Church used to stand relatively undisturbed. But Google Maps, social media and ...

After vandals stole bricks from the ruins of an 18th century South Carolina church and a woman posed for topless pictures in its archway, the caretakers have put a fence around the site. Old ...

Ruins of the old Swack Church in Lebanon Township taken in 1983. LEBANON TWP. — Abandoned but not forgotten, the remains of an old church still present a quandary for township officials and ...

The church ruins were the “largest and most elaborate Christian building” found at the archaeology site so far. Archaeologists at Adulis found 1,400-year-old ruins of two churches and ...

Inside there was a marble box with a “spectacular” 1,500-year-old treasure. Archaeologists began excavating the ruins of an abandoned settlement in Irschen eight years ago.

Visitors wander through the ruins of the Old Sheldon Church in 2018. Now a fence surrounds the site, one of the most popular in the area. File/Matthew Fortner/Staff ...