Wade Landing Mound: Ancient Mounds Trail
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member kwashnak
N 32° 04.535 W 092° 01.187
15S E 592513 N 3549233
LA 559, 0.1 miles from LA 4, east of Columbia
Waymark Code: WMANFT
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member dh2000dh
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The Wade Landing site has a single platform mound. Indian pottery and soil studies suggest that the site is about 1000 years old. The mound was built in two stages and is 9 feet high and 130 by 165 feet at the base. Historic graves in the summit have helped preserve the mound.
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Marker Name: Wade Landing Mound

Marker Type: Roadside

What does marker relate to?: Building

Parish: Catahoula

Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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