Ravenwood Plantation, historic rice plantation near Neyles, Colleton County, South Carolina, US

Ravenwood Plantation is a historic rice plantation built in 1850 near Neyles in Colleton County, South Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Ravenwood Plantation was built in 1850 near Neyles in Colleton County, South Carolina, as a rice plantation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Ravenwood was a rice plantation, and its surviving canals and dikes show how inland planters moved fresh water through the fields without tidal flow. The main house, a two-story wooden building with a five-bay front and square-post porch, follows Carolina farm building customs of the mid-1800s.

The property is privately owned and not open for public access, though it can be viewed from public roads and nearby areas. Research materials and historical information are available through the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for those interested in learning more.

Unlike the larger coastal tidal rice fields famous in Carolina, Ravenwood operated smaller inland rice fields that relied on canal and dike systems for irrigation rather than tidal flow. This different farming approach shows how interior planters managed water resources to grow rice in areas without coastal advantages.