Cypress Grove Mound: Ancient Mounds Trail
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kwashnak
N 31° 40.937 W 091° 40.545
15R E 625516 N 3505981
LA 566 , 5.1 miles north of US 84
Waymark Code: WMANG8
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2011
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Cypres Grove is one of the best-preserved conical mounds in northeast Louisiana. This 10-foot-tall mound is 115 feet in diameter at the base. It was built in a single episode around AD 750. The pond north of the mound may be where soil was removed for constructing the mound.
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Marker Name: Cypress Grove Mound
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Parish: Concordia
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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