In 2018, the Town of Dighton acquired a piece of living history: an 8.5-acre parcel comprised primarily of open fields, situated off of Council Oak Way. 

Although not large in scale, the property nonetheless possesses an abundance of agricultural, water supply, historical, and cultural values that recommended it as a high priority for preservation. It has been in active agricultural use for centuries and contains prime farmland soils as designated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

It directly abuts and buffers the town-owned Council Oak property and another town-owned property to the north, and is proximate to other parcels that are either protected or targets for protection, including several parcels owned by a local farmer. It is contained within an area identified by the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation as a “Priority Heritage Landscape”.  The Heritage Landscape designation was afforded only to those landscapes possessed of outstanding historical and cultural significance.  Although this designation was focused specifically on the Town’s Council Oak preserve, it also speaks to the archeological and historical significance of the larger area including the subject property.