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Horse Island (Rockville, South Carolina)

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NRHP Reference #
  
70000587

Added to NRHP
  
10 November 1970

Area
  
6,100 m²

Nearest city
  
Rockville

MPS
  
Historic Resources of the Late Archaic-Early Woodland Period Shell Rings of South Carolina, ca. 1,000-2,200 years B.C

Horse Island (38CH14) is a historic mound located near Rockville, Charleston County, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia. On average, it measures 156 feet in diameter and stands 4 feet high. The midden is largely composed of oyster shell.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

References

Horse Island (Rockville, South Carolina) Wikipedia