Spanish Mount Point

National Register Listing

Street Address:

Address Restricted (Charleston County)

Alternate Name:

The Mound

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817710082

Description and Narrative:

(The Mound) Spanish Mount is significant for its ability to yield information about South Carolina’s pre-history. Spanish Mount is a formative site dating between 2200 and 1800 BC. It represents a transitional period of pre-history and the midden accumulated during the site’s short term occupation. The site is associated with early coastal ceramics of the sand-tempered Awendaw-Horse types and simular middens are found along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. Spanish Mount is an oyster-clam shell midden, about 27 meters long and 3 meters high. The site is moderately forested with hardwoods and has a cover of low bush. It is bordered by water and marsh on three sides. Listed in the National Register August 30, 1974.

Period of Significance:

before 1400

Level of Significance:

National

Area of Significance:

Archeology: Prehistoric

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

August 30 1974

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