Marsden Mounds
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kwashnak
N 32° 29.187 W 091° 29.507
15S E 641709 N 3595358
The Marsden Mounds are located in the Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, 0.3 miles from the entrance in a pull off on the right side of Poverty Point Parkway. Admission is charged to the park.
Waymark Code: WMC3F1
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2011
Views: 5
Marsden is a group of 5 mounds that were once linked by a D-shaped ridge. The largest mound is platform shaped and is 13 feet tall and 150 by 150 feet at the base. The other 4 mounds are only 3 to 5 feet tall. People lived here as early as 1500 BC, but built the mounds between AD1 and AD 1000.
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Marker Name: Marsden Mounds: Ancient Mounds Trail
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Parish: Richland
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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