Blair Mound
Nearest cityWinnsboro, South Carolina
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.74001853[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 23, 1974

Blair Mound is a historic archaeological site located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. Blair Mound is an earthen mound structure in the form of a low, oval hummock. It measures approximately 75 by 50 yards (69 m × 46 m) and is just over 5 feet (1.5 m) high, with evidence of leveling for agricultural development.[2]

The mound was constructed on the site of a late Woodland trash midden. It represents a late phase of the widespread Mississippian culture Pattern, and appears to have been constructed by A.D. 1300–1400.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Robert L. Stevenson and George Teague (April 1974). "Blair Mound" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Blair Mound, Fairfield County (Restricted Site)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012.


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