JAMES CITY — Plans are moving forward to build 28 homes at Kingsmill on the James near the community’s namesake historic site, but many residents contend that the project should be halted because of concerns about damage to the property and its surroundings.

Fort Worth-based Escalante Golf, which owns Kingsmill Resort, is in the process of developing 12 acres adjacent to Kingsmill Plantation, a site that includes the foundation of an 18th century manor house, along with two standing dependencies. Escalante hired Circa Cultural Resources Management of Williamsburg last December to conduct an archaeological investigation on the property, although an independent review by a separate local archaeological firm has found the work to be incomplete.

A development called Frances Thacker Estates w

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