Spanish Mount Point

Address Restricted, Edisto Island, South Carolina. County/parish: Charleston.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 30, 1974. NRIS 74001836.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • The Mound

From Wikipedia:

Spanish Mount Point

Spanish Mount Point is a historic archaeological site located at Edisto Beach State Park, Edisto Island, Colleton County, South Carolina. Spanish Mount is an oyster-clam shell midden, about 27 meters long and 3 meters high. The site is bordered by water and marsh on three sides. Spanish Mount dates between 2200 and 1800 BC and represents a transitional period of pre-history and the midden accumulated during the site's short term occupation.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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