Criel Mound
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The Criel Mound, also known as the South Charleston Mound, is a Native American burial mound located in South Charleston, West Virginia. It is one of the few surviving mounds of the Kanawha Valley Mounds that were probably built in the Woodland period after 500 B.C.[2] The mound was built by the Adena culture, probably around 250–150 BC,[citation needed] and lay equidistant between two “sacred circles”, earthwork enclosures each 556 feet (169 m) in diameter. It was originally 33 feet (10 m) high and 173 feet (53 m) in diameter at the base, making it the second-largest such burial mound in the state of West Virginia. (The Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville is the largest.) This archaeological site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
South Charleston Mound | |
Location | US 60 (MacCorkle Avenue), in city park, South Charleston, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°22′7″N 81°41′48″W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 70000655[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1970 |