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Site WatchSite Name: Louisiana State University Campus Mounds Alternative Name: 16EBR6, LSU Campus Mounds, LSU MoundsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 6.187 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Baton Rouge, LA
Latitude: 30.415100N Longitude: 91.18217W
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Artificial Mound in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.Two conical mounds, the largest having a diameter of approximately 125 feet. Sample coring indicates the mounds were built over a burn site (possibly a cremation, feast site, or watch fire) and are over 5000 years old. Louisiana has some of the oldest mound sites in North America.
Lying on the Louisiana State University Campus, the mound have been periodically resurfaced with fill and sodded to fight erosion. They have been a feature of campus traditional gatherings, but crowds and dangerous actions (driving vehicles over the mounds) have led to efforts to restrict access on the mounds themselves.
National Register of Historic Places site.
Note: Football Fans Ignore Pleas to Protect Mounds; Children Trash Protection Signs While Parents Cite "Tradition". University Pleads for Cooperation and Re-States the Facts.
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