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

Balmoral Mounds

Ancient Mounds Trail

Photographed by Jeff Lovorn, December 21, 2011

1. Balmoral Mounds Marker

Inscription. Balmoral has 3 mounds that form an equilateral triangle. The one on this side of the road is 8 feet high and conical. The one farthest south and across the road is an 11 foot high platform mound. The one to the north of it is 9 feet high and conical. The site dates to approximately AD 1000.

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: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Louisiana Ancient Mounds Trail series list.

Location. 32° 7.917′ N, 91° 14.44′ W. Marker is in Newellton, Louisiana, in Tensas Parish. It is at the intersection of U.S. 65 and Garden Road (State Highway 888), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 65. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newellton LA 71357, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bridges Across Holt's Bayou and Bayou Du Rosset (approx. 1.6 miles away); Davis Plantations (approx. 1.6 miles away); Franklin Plantation (approx. 1.9 miles away); Henry Watkins Allen (approx. 1.9 miles away); Hovey Cuts A Road

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(approx. 3.4 miles away); Shackleford Church Mounds (approx. 3.8 miles away); "Pee Wee" Whittaker (approx. 4.1 miles away); Linwood Plantation (approx. 8.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newellton.

Also see . . . Indian Mounds of Northeast Louisiana - Balmoral Mounds. (Submitted on May 31, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by Jeff Lovorn, December 21, 2011

2. Balmoral Mounds Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2012, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. This page has been viewed 1,711 times since then and 101 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2012, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.