Jonesville in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Tew Lake Mounds

Ancient Mounds Trail

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 27, 2017

1. Tew Lake Mounds Marker

Inscription.
Tew Lake has 3 small, irregularly shaped mounds. The 2 in pasture on the south side of Routon Road are almost 4 feet tall. The one north of Routon Road has been reduced in height by plowing and is less than 3 feet tall. Soil studies and artifacts found here suggest Indians built the mounds around 3000 BC.

Lower Plaque
This archaeological site is on private property. Please view the site from the highway right-of-way.
NO TRESPASSING

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Louisiana Ancient Mounds Trail series list.

Location. 31° 42.57′ N, 91° 49.344′ W. Marker is in Jonesville, Louisiana, in Catahoula Parish. It is on Routon Road 0.3 miles State Highway 124, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jonesville LA 71343, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally,

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it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Routon Mounds (approx. 1.1 miles away); McGuffee Mounds (approx. 3 miles away); Harrisonburg Mounds (approx. 4.1 miles away); Fort Beauregard (approx. 4.3 miles away); Catahoula Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.3 miles away); Fort Beauregard Veterans Memorial (approx. 4½ miles away); Troyville Earthworks (approx. 5.7 miles away); a different marker also named Troyville Earthworks (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jonesville.

Also see . . . Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana - Tew Lake Mounds. (Submitted on May 29, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 27, 2017

2. Tew Lake Mounds Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 746 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 28, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.