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An moth-eaten Structure Ring can be seen near the east entrance to the Bounding Main Pines Forest Preserve. The ring, one of only 20 in existence, is 150 feet (46 m) in diameter and is believed to be over 4,000 years old. Archeologists believe that the ring was a refuse heap, bogus by Native Americans that lived in the interior of the ring, which was kept clear and fond as a common area. Two other Shell Rings on Hilton Head were destroyed when the shells were removed and given over to make tabby for roads and buildings. The Hull Ring is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is protected by law.

In 1698, Hilton Head Island was granted as part of a barony to John Bayley http://www.hiltonhead.tv/ of Ballingclough, County of Tipperary, Kingdom of Ireland. Another John Bayley, son of the first, appointed Alexander Trench as the Island's first retail agent. For a time, Hilton Head was patent as Trench's Island. In 1729, Trench sold some land to John Gascoine which Gascoine named "John's Island" after himself. The continent later came to be plain as Jenkin's Island after another owner.