Tendal in Madison Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Tendal Mound

Ancient Mounds Trail

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 18, 2015

1. Tendal Mound Marker

Inscription. Tendal is a platform mound with sides that face the four cardinal directions. It is 6½ feet tall and 165 by 230 feet at the base. The mound was flat on top even before the house was constructed. Artifacts found here suggest the mound was built after AD 400.

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

Location. 32° 25.934′ N, 91° 22.08′ W. Marker is in Tendal, Louisiana, in Madison Parish. It is at the intersection of U.S. 80 and Tendal North Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 80. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tallulah LA 71282, 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,

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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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Insley Mounds (approx. 7.1 miles away); Marsden Mounds (approx. 8.1 miles away); Burning of Richmond (approx. 10 miles away); Skirmish at Richmond (approx. 10 miles away); Scottland Plantation House (approx. 10.3 miles away); Schicker Mound (approx. 10½ miles away); Madison Parish Confederate Monument (approx. 10.7 miles away); Tallulah (approx. 10.7 miles away).

More about this marker.

A smaller marker below this one warns:

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

Regarding Tendal Mound. The house atop the mound may be the second to have been built there, and the top of the mound may have been leveled before the structure was built. Local residents say the railroad bed now covers a smaller mound, but no supporting evidence has been found. Only a few artifacts have been

Tendal Mound under home in background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 18, 2015

2. Tendal Mound under home in background.

Mound can be barely seen under the nearby home.

collected near the site, which suggests that the surface on which the mound was built has been covered with sediment from flooding.

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

Map of Tendal Mound in relation to home above. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by State of Louisiana

3. Map of Tendal Mound in relation to home above.

The view east on U.S. Highway 80 towards Tensas River bridge. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 18, 2015

4. The view east on U.S. Highway 80 towards Tensas River bridge.

Looking west on U.S. Highway 80 towards Delhi. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 18, 2015

5. Looking west on U.S. Highway 80 towards Delhi.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2017. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,265 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 25, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.