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Balmoral Mounds

River Road Scenic Byway, Louisiana
· Ancient Mounds Trail
Historical Marker Database · Jeff Lovorn
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Balmoral has three mounds that form an equilateral triangle. The one on this side of the road is eight feet high and conical. The one farthest south and across the road is an eleven-foot-high platform mound. The one to the north of it is nine feet high and conical. The site dates to approximately A.D. 1000.
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Louisiana · United States

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