Auld Mound Explained

Auld Mound
Nearest City:	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Added:	October 15, 1970
Mpsub:	Historic Resources of the Late Archaic-Early Woodland Period Shell Rings of South Carolina, ca. 1,000-2,200 years B.C
Refnum:	70000583

Auld Mound (38CH41), also known as Yough Hall Plantation Shell Ring, is a historic mound located near Mount Pleasant, 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 174 feet in diameter and stands 2 to 3 feet high. The midden is largely composed of oyster shell.^{[1] [2]}

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: E. Thomas Hemings. Auld Mound. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1970. pdf . August 1, 2014.
2. Web site: Auld Mound, Charleston County (Address Restricted). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2014-08-01.