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Newellton in Tensas Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Ghost Site Mounds

Ancient Mounds Trail

 
 
Ghost Mound Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, July 14, 2018
1. Ghost Mound Marker
Inscription.
The Ghost site consists of 3 earthen mounds. The largest is a platform mound measuring 11 feet tall and 118 by 92 feet at the base. The other 2 are about 1 foot tall and are dome shaped. Decorating pottery from the mounds indicate Indians lived at the site as early as AD 800, but built the mounds later, around AD 1050.

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 this topic list: Native Americans. In addition, it is included in the Louisiana Ancient Mounds Trail series list.
 
Location. 32° 5.573′ N, 91° 27.027′ W. Marker is in Newellton, Louisiana, in Tensas Parish. Marker is on State Highway 4, 0.3 miles east of State Route 128, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newellton LA 71357, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Mayflower Mound (approx. 9.2 miles away); Shackleford Church Mounds (approx. 9.7 miles away); Wesley Chapel (approx. 10.3 miles away); Sundown Mounds (approx. 11.1 miles away); Bayou Macon Settlements
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(approx. 11.8 miles away); Engagement At Choctaw Bayou (approx. 13˝ miles away); Gene King (approx. 14.3 miles away); Mound Plantation (approx. 14.4 miles away).
 
Ghost Mound Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, July 15, 2018
2. Ghost Mound Marker
Ghost Mound Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, July 14, 2018
3. Ghost Mound Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 436 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 20, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.

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