NRHP Reference # 91000021 Designated VLR August 21, 1990 Added to NRHP 15 February 1991 | VLR # 067-0107 Area 4,000 m² Nearest city Blackstone | |
Little Mountain Pictograph Site is a historic archaeological site located near Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia. It is a winter solstice observation site that probably dates post-1400 AD and is Mississippian. It was recorded and published by the Virginia Rockart Survey. The three glyphs are located inside a cave or shallow shelter. They are a track glyph, hand glyph, and undefined glyph that appears to be a sun. The glyphs are in shadow all year except during the winter solstice, when the sun travels far enough south to illuminate the inside of the wall containing the glyphs.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
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