Cattle Mound #6

National Register Listing

Street Address:

Address Restricted (Richland County)

Alternate Name:

Georgia Pacific Cattle Mound

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817740116

Description and Narrative:

Cattle Mount #6 is significant for its association with the agricultural settlement of the Congaree Swamp and for its ability to yield information about settlement patterns in the region. Free-ranging livestock provided a significant source of food and income prior to the Civil War in the South Carolina backcountry. Settlers in the Congaree Swamp constructed cattle mounds to provide a place of refuge for hogs, cattle, and other grazing animals during the flood season. Farmers constructed many of the earthen structures in the swamp using slave labor. Cattle Mount #6 is a 8-to-10-foot-high-by-400-foot-circumference, oval-shaped earthen mound. The top of the mound is flat and covered with hardwood trees and other vegetation and the sides have an approximately 45-degree slope. Listed in the National Register November 25, 1996.

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Archeology: Historic - Non-Aboriginal;Agriculture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

November 25 1996

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