Cooner's Cattle Mound
Cooner's Cattle Mound | |
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Nearest city | Hopkins, South Carolina |
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Area | less than one acre |
MPS | Congaree Swamp National Monument MPS |
NRHP reference # | 96001097[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 25, 1996 |
Cooner's Cattle Mound is a historic earthen mound located in Congaree National Park near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built by settlers in the Congaree Swamp to provide a place of refuge for hogs, cattle, and other grazing animals during the flood season. Cooner's Cattle Mound is an oval mound measuring approximately 300 feet in diameter, with a 5 to 10 foot tall flat top.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Jill Hanson (n.d.). "Cooner's Cattle Mound" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ↑ "Cooner's Cattle Mound, Richland County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
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