Rock Eagle Mound Monument-GSCD-Putnam County
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Sprinterman
N 33° 25.056 W 083° 23.249
17S E 278002 N 3700131
Located at the entrance to the mounds inside Rock Eagle.
Waymark Code: WM6ZJ3
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2009
Views: 3
Text of the Plaque:
Rock Eagle Mound
Mound of prehistoric origin. Believed to be ceremonial mound.
Made with white quartz rocks in the shape of an eagle.
Head turned to the east. Length 102 feet. Spread of wings 120 feet.
Depth of breast 8 feet.
Only two such configurations discovered east of the Mississippi River.
Both are in Putnam County.
"Tread softly here white man for long ere you came strange races lived, fought, and loved."
Erected by the Georgia Society Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
June 1940
Type of Marker: Monument
Date: June 1940
Sponsor: Georgia Society Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
Marker #: Not listed
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