Shackleford Banks is a barrier island[1] system on the coast of Carteret County, North Carolina.

It contains a herd of feral horses, scallop, crabs and various sea animals, including summer nesting by loggerhead turtles.

He was appointed to see "Every ship drawing eight feet of water anchoring at Shackleford Banks to charge three shillings six pence per foot".

In 1886, after a ship named the Chrissie Wright was wrecked on Shackelford Banks, some of the bodies of the drowned crew were buried in Beaufort.

The now-abandoned settlement of Diamond City was located on the Banks, but the last occupants had relocated by 1902.