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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Key Largo Rock Mound Alternative Name: Key Largo Temple Mound, 8MO27Country: United States Region: The South Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Homestead, FL Nearest Village: Key Largo, FL
Latitude: 25.130000N Longitude: 80.41W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Temple in Monroe County, Florida.
Unique mound or platform made largely from limestone rocks. Described by Goggin in 1940, as made from limestone rocks 10 - 12 inches in diameter and laid in courses, amounting to 8 - 9 feet high. The mound is oval or "kidney shaped" and 55 feet across by 100 feet long. A 25 foot long stone ramp or "causeway" led from the east side of the mound.
Goggin also described a low stone wall and possible housing sites. He identified the whole area as a ceremonial site.
Very unfortunately a survey in 1977 showed that portions of the mound including the ramp had been completely removed for building materials.
Although listed on the National Register of Historic Places (in 1975, #75000562) the Key Largo Rock Mound is on private property, is overgrown with vegetation, and is not accessible.
National Register of Historic Places Listing:
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: Caloosa
Period of Significance: 1000-1499 BC
Other sources:
Goggin, John M. "Archaeological Investigations on the Upper Florida Keys". 1944.
Driscoll, Kelly A. "An archaeological study of architectural form and function at Indiana Key, Florida". 2003. Graduate School Thesis. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1358
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