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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Marsden Mounds Alternative Name: 16 R 13Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Monroe, LA Nearest Village: Epps, LA
Latitude: 32.485330N Longitude: 91.491W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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stonetracker visited on 1st Oct 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Mounds A-D mostly plowed or eroded down to nothing. I'm told E is still extant in woods but very tough to get to through the overgrowth. I gave up trying :-).
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A group of 5 mounds on or along side of a natural "D" shaped ridge. Occupation of the site was as early as 1500 BC (contemporary to the Poverty Point culture), while components of the mounds and a central plaza area date from 400 to 1200 CE. It is the type site for the Marsden Phase (500-600 CE).
The eastern mounds (A, B, C, and D) are relatively small and indistinct now, probably from plowing. Only the smaller mounds B, C, and D are distinct in the edge of a wooded ridge. Mound E is a large square platform mound rising 12-15 feet high with nearly vertical sides. However, because it was built in a low area along the natural ridge, the top of the mound is roughly level to the "plaza" area. This site is within the boundary of Poverty Point Reservoir State Park and recreation area and is part of the Louisiana Ancient Mounds Trail. You can park very close to the mounds in a small turnout near a historical marker. Or, you can park in the car park of a nearby camp ground. Mound E is difficult to get close to because of this location in a low lying, brush filled area. A National Register of Historic Places site.
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