Flowery Mound: Ancient Mounds Trail
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kwashnak
N 31° 56.442 W 091° 16.270
15R E 663413 N 3535166
Flowery Mound marker - LA Highway 128, 0.6 miles east of US 65
Waymark Code: WM9EAP
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2010
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Ancient Mound Trail
Flowery Mound
Flowery Mound is a rectangular platform mound. The corners are oriented to the cardinal directions. Studies of the soil in the mound suggest it was built in a single episode around AD 1000. It measures 165 by 130 feet at the base and 50 by 50 feet at the 10-foot summit.
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Marker Name: Ancient Mounds Trail - Flowery Mound
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Parish: Tensas
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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