Blair Mound

Blair Mound
Nearest city Winnsboro, South Carolina
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP Reference # 74001853[1]
Added to NRHP August 23, 1974

Blair Mound is a historic archaeological site located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. Blair Mound is an earthen mound structure in the form of a low, oval hummock. It measures approximately 75 yards by 50 yards and is just over 5 feet high, with evidence of leveling for agricultural development.[2]

The mound was constructed on the site of a late Woodland trash midden. It represents a late phase of the widespread Mississippian Culture Pattern, and appears to have been constructed by A.D. 1300-1400.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Robert L. Stevenson and George Teague (April 1974). "Blair Mound" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Blair Mound, Fairfield County (Restricted Site)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.


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