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Submitted by AKFisher on Friday, 18 August 2023  Page Views: 164

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Santee Indian Mound Alternative Name: Santee Indian Mound Site, Santee Indian Mound - Fort Watson
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Summerton, SC
Latitude: 33.539800N  Longitude: 80.43796W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Santee Indian Mound
Santee Indian Mound submitted by AKFisher : Santee Mound, South Carolina. This platform mound was the focal point of a large village likely established around AD 1200. Photo: US Fish & Wildlife Services). Description courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)
Santee Indian Mound and Fort Watson is a historic archaeological site located in North Santee, Clarendon County, South Carolina, near Summerton. Santee Indian Mound was part of a Santee mound village complex; it was probably a burial and/or temple mound, likely constructed in some cultural period between 1200–1500.

The fortification, British American Revolutionary War post Fort Watson, was built from 30 to 50 feet (9.1 to 15.2 m) high atop the mound. In 1780, Francis Marion and Light Horse Harry Lee decided to capture the fort in the Siege of Fort Watson. Fort Watson was the first fortified British military outpost in South Carolina recaptured by patriot forces after the British occupation of 1780. There are no remains of Fort Watson on the site.[2][3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1] Today it is located in the Santee National Wildlife Refuge. Source: Wikipedia.

References:
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Santee Indian Mound and Fort Watson, Clarendon County (Address Restricted). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
3. Toney J. Lister (June 1969). "Santee Indian Mound and Fort Watson" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved February 25, 2014.

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Directions: From Summerton, SC via US-15 S/US 301 S/St. Paul Rd., 8.2 mi.
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Santee Indian Mound
Santee Indian Mound submitted by AKFisher : Site photo of the Santee Indian Mound: South Carolina Department of Archives and History. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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