Sandy Neck Cultural Resources District

Sandy Neck is a long spit of land extending east–west on the northern shore of the lower portion of Cape Cod, sheltering Barnstable Harbor.

This area has a fairly lengthy history of human occupation, including archaeological prehistoric and colonial historic resources.

Archaeological research in the 1960s identified shell middens dating from the pre-contact Woodland Period.

[2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

This article is about a historic property or district in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a stub.