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Cattle Mound No. 6

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Area
  
less than one acre

Added to NRHP
  
25 November 1996

NRHP Reference #
  
96001095

Nearest city
  
Hopkins

MPS
  
Congaree Swamp National Monument MPS

Cattle Mound No. 6, also known as Georgia Pacific 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. Cattle Mound No. 6 is an oval mound measuring approximately 400 feet in diameter, with a 8 to 10 foot tall flat top.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Cattle Mound No. 6 Wikipedia