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Sewee Mound

Sewee Mound
Sewee Shell Ring E 1.jpg
Sewee Shell Ring, September 2011
Sewee Mound is located in South Carolina
Sewee Mound
Sewee Mound is located in the US
Sewee Mound
Location Salt Pond Road (FS Road 243), Awendaw, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°59′48″N 79°36′37″W / 32.99667°N 79.61028°W / 32.99667; -79.61028Coordinates: 32°59′48″N 79°36′37″W / 32.99667°N 79.61028°W / 32.99667; -79.61028
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
MPS Historic Resources of the Late Archaic-Early Woodland Period Shell Rings of South Carolina, ca. 1,000-2,200 years B.C
NRHP Reference # 70000571
Added to NRHP October 15, 1970

Sewee Mound (38CH45), also known as the Old Fort, is a historic mound located near Awendaw, 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 149 feet in diameter and stands 10 feet high. The midden is largely composed of oyster shell. A smaller midden is located nearby.

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



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