GPS
Coordinates: Latitude: 32.432222 Longitude: -91.368
Driving Directions:
— From La 577, head east on US 80. Go 2.5 miles to marker
on left.
— From US 65, head west on US 80. Go 11.8 miles to marker
on right. |
| Number
of Mounds: 1 |
Number
of Visible Mounds: 1 |
| Summer
Viewing: Good |
Winter
Viewing: Good
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 Tendal
Mound is about 45 feet north of US Hwy. 80 on the west side of
the Tensas River. It’s a rectangular platform mound about
6 feet tall and 165 by 230 feet at the base. Its sides face the
cardinal directions. The house atop the mound may be the second
to have been built there, and the top of the mound may have been
leveled before the structure was built. Local residents say the
railroad bed now covers a smaller mound, but no supporting evidence
has been found. Only a few artifacts have been collected near
the site, which suggests that the surface on which the mound was
built has been covered with sediment from flooding. The sparse
information makes it difficult to judge the mound’s age,
but estimates date it to AD 400 or later (late Marksville/early
Troyville periods).
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