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Flowery Mound

Bienville Trace Scenic Byway, Louisiana
· Ancient Mounds Trail
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Flowery Mound is a rectangular platform mound whose corners are oriented to the cardinal directions. Studies of the soil in the mound suggest it was built in a single episode around AD 1000. It measures 165 by 130 feet at the base and 50 by 50 feet at the 10-foot summit.
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Bienville Trace Scenic Byway, Louisiana
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